End-Effector Contact Force Estimation for Aerial Manipulators

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Abstract

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are widely used for environmental surveying and exploration thanks to their maneuverability and accessibility. Until recently, however, these platforms were mainly used as passive systems that observe their environments visually and do not interact physically. The capability of UAVs to physically interact with their environment, also known as Aerial Manipulators (AMs), allows them to do a wider variety of tasks. These tasks include contact inspection, manipulation of objects, and more. To successfully interact with the environment, the AM must compensate for the contact-induced disturbance forces. One approach is to estimate the contact force and compensate for it within the control approach. This work introduces a framework to estimate the contact force at the End-Effector (EE) using only state measurements of the generic AM. Further, the evaluation of the framework in a simulation of an AM with a tendon-driven robotic arm shows that it precisely estimates the contact force.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIROS 2022 Workshop on Mobile Manipulation and Embodied Intelligence (MOMA): Challenges and Opportunities
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventThe 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022): IROS 2022 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 23 Oct 202227 Oct 2022

Conference

ConferenceThe 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022)
Abbreviated titleIROS 2022
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period23/10/2227/10/22

Keywords

  • aerial manipulation
  • aerial robotics
  • soft robotics
  • aerial physical interaction

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