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Title: Input shaping methods for telerobotic operation of flexible, long-reach manipulators

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OSTI ID:10182892

Among the Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program of the U.S. Department of Energy, the remediation of radioactive waste from the underground storage tank challenges the state-of-the-art equipment and methods. Long-reach manipulators are being considered to be one of the most advantageous approaches for the retrieval of waste from large storage tanks. Because of long-reach manipulator`s high payload capacity and high length-to-cross-section ratios, such manipulator system exhibits significant structural flexibility. To avoid structural vibrations during operation, control algorithms employing various types of shaping filters were investigated. A robust notch filtering method and an impulse shaping method were evaluated. In addition to that, a new approach that uses imbedded simulation was developed and compared with others. In the new approach, joint trajectories have been generated considering the flexible link dynamics.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400; AC05-76OR00033
OSTI ID:
10182892
Report Number(s):
CONF-9310355-1; ON: DE94018972; TRN: 94:020150
Resource Relation:
Conference: Teleoperation `93 conference,New York, NY (United States),19-21 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English