Robots that support humans in physically demanding tasks require accurate force sensing capabilities. A common way to achieve this is by monitoring the interaction with the environment directly with dedicated force sensors. Major drawbacks of such special purpose sensors are the increased costs and the reduced payload of the robot platform. Instead, this thesis investigates how the functionality of such sensors can be approximated by utilizing force estimation approaches. Most of today’s robots are equipped with rich proprioceptive sensing capabilities where even a robotic arm, e.g., the UR5, provides access to more than hundred sensor readings. Following this trend, it is getting feasible to utilize a wide variety of sensors for force estimation purposes. Human proprioception allows estimating forces such as the weight of an object by prior experience about sensory-motor patterns. Applying a similar approach to robots enables them to learn from previous demonstrations without the need of dedicated force sensors. This thesis introduces Behavior-Specific Proprioception Models (BSPMs), a novel concept for enhancing robotic behavior with estimates of the expected proprioceptive feedback. A main methodological contribution is the operationalization of the BSPM approach using data-driven machine learning techniques. During a training phase, the behavior is continuously executed while recording proprioceptive sensor readings. The training data acquired from these demonstrations represents ground truth about behavior-specific sensory-motor experiences, i.e., the influence of performed actions and environmental conditions on the proprioceptive feedback. This data acquisition procedure does not require expert knowledge about the particular robot platform, e.g., kinematic chains or mass distribution, which is a major advantage over analytical approaches. The training data is then used to learn BSPMs, e.g. using lazy learning techniques or artificial neural networks. At runtime, the BSPMs provide estimates of the proprioceptive feedback that can be compared to actual sensations. The BSPM approach thus extends classical programming by demonstrations methods where only movement data is learned and enables robots to accurately estimate forces during behavior execution.


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    Titel :

    Behavior-specific proprioception models for robotic force estimation: a machine learning approach



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    02.05.2018


    Medientyp :

    Hochschulschrift


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    DDC:    004 / 629



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