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Automation of train cab front cleaning with a robot manipulator

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dc.creator Moura, João
dc.creator McColl, William
dc.creator Taykaldiranian, Gerard
dc.creator Tomiyama, Tetsuo
dc.creator Erden, Mustafa Suphi
dc.date 2018-07-30T14:34:26Z
dc.date 2018-07-30T14:34:26Z
dc.date 2018-06-21
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:37:21Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:37:21Z
dc.identifier Moura J, McColl W, Taykaldiranian G, Tomiyama T, Erden MS, Automation of train cab front cleaning with a robot manipulator, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 4, October 2018, pp. 3058-3065
dc.identifier 2377-3766
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2018.2849591
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13364
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182222
dc.description In this letter we present a control and trajectory tracking approach for wiping the train cab front panels, using a velocity controlled robotic manipulator and a force/torque sensor attached to its end effector, without using any surface model or vision-based surface detection. The control strategy consists in a simultaneous position and force controller, adapted from the operational space formulation, that aligns the cleaning tool with the surface normal, maintaining a set-point normal force, while simultaneously moving along the surface. The trajectory tracking strategy consists in specifying and tracking a two dimensional path that, when projected onto the train surface, corresponds to the desired pattern of motion. We first validated our approach using the Baxter robot to wipe a highly curved surface with both a spiral and a raster scan motion patterns. Finally, we implemented the same approach in a scaled robot prototype, specifically designed by ourselves to wipe a 1/8 scaled version of a train cab front, using a raster scan pattern.
dc.language en
dc.publisher IEEE
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject Force
dc.subject Tools
dc.subject Cleaning
dc.subject Robot sensing systems
dc.subject Manipulators
dc.subject Aerospace electronics
dc.subject Kinematics
dc.subject Industrial robots
dc.subject Motion control
dc.subject Force control
dc.title Automation of train cab front cleaning with a robot manipulator
dc.type Article


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