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Force-reflecting control of a teleoperated system coupling a nonredundant master with a redundant slave

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7121055

A bilateral, force-reflecting controller was formulated for a 6- Degree-of-Freedom (6-DOF) master operating a 7-DOF slave. Six degrees of freedom are required to arbitrarily position and orient a manipulator and effector. A 7-DOF slave manipulator is desirable because the additional (or redundant) degree of freedom potentially allows for an infinite number of manipulator configurations for a given end effector position and orientation, thus permitting the manipulator to reach around obstacles to perform a task, to avoid joint limits, or to optimize its confinguration in some other manner. A master/slave control system was formulated using a stiffness controller for the master and a gradient-projection algorithm for the slave. The complete control system provides scaled position tracking and indexing between slave and master and force reflection between master and slave. 11 refs., 1 fig.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOD; DOE/ER
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
7121055
Report Number(s):
CONF-900780-6; ON: DE90012137
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English