Software architecture for humanoids

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Description

    The architecture on development for the RH series of humanoid robots, follows a three layered model: Organization, Coordination & Execution.

    The first covers the high level functionality like the HMI, the trajectory generation, the pilot (in a mobile robot fashion), etc.
The second one, Coordination, basically translate the high level commands into drivers commands. Also, must coordinate the movement of the 21 joints and manage the robot state.
    The last layer cover the software need to manage a field bus use to comunicate all joint drivers with the central unit.

    The fuctionalities aforementioned are what the software team is developing nowadays. In a middle term, the software odn development should fulfill more complex features, like a pseudo-ZMP feedback, a sensorized head and more complex high-level tasks.

    The final objective of this development is to bring a modular, scalable, real-time and easy-to-use platform for the development of humanoid skills, human-humanoid interactions and service competences.

Entries:
Towards Robotic Garment Folding: A Vision Approach for Fold Detection
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), 2016, Bragança, Portugal
D. Estévez Juan G. Victores S. Morante
Robotic Ironing With a Humanoid Robot Using Human Tools
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), 2017, Coimbra, Portugal
D. Estévez R. Fernandez-Fernandez Juan G. Victores
Improving and Evaluating Robotic Garment Unfolding: A Garment-Agnostic Approach
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), 2017, Coimbra, Portugal
D. Estévez R. Fernandez-Fernandez Juan G. Victores
Robotic Ironing with 3D Perception and Force/Torque Feedback in Household Environments
2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017, Vancouver, Canada
D. Estévez Juan G. Victores R. Fernandez-Fernandez

Entries:
RoboCity16: Open Conference on Future Trends in Robotics
chapter: Future Trends in Perception and Manipulation for Unfolding and Folding Garments pages: 333 – 340. CSIC , ISBN: 978-84-608-8452-1, 2016
D. Estévez Juan G. Victores
RoboCity16: Open Conference on Future Trends in Robotics
chapter: A New Generation of Entertainment Robots Enhanced with Augmented Reality pages: 129 – 136. CSIC , ISBN: 978-84-608-8452-1, 2016
D. Estévez Juan G. Victores C. Balaguer

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