MANFRED

Autonomous mobile manipulator for operation in difficult environments

Main researcher: L. Moreno

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Description

Due to the presence of obstacles, fixed or mobile, narrow places, locations with a high number of obstacles, doors, safety valves and other elements in typical human environments, mobile manipulators require a high level of autonomy in movements and manipulation. To cope with autonomy requirements a combination of displacement, manipulation and sensorial capabilites are nedeed. Other important aspect in many kind of environments is the presence of persons. Safety considerations need to be carefully considered from a sensorial point of view and specially in those aspects relatives to the manipulator (light wheight and moderate speeds. MANFRED has a coordinated control of all degree of freedom in the system (the mobile base 2 DOF and the manipulator 6 DOF) to achieve a good and robust movement in order to develope efficiently different tasks. This mobile manipulator use a sensorial system based in vision and 3-D laser telemetry to perceive and model 3-D environments. This sensorial system have to be coordinated with the control system to manipulate objects than can be located in uncertain location of the espace. The mobile manipulator will include all the capabilities needed to navigate, localize and avoid obstacles safely through the environment

Entries:
Flexible Field Factory for Construction Industry
Assembly Automation. num. 2 , vol. 33 , pages: 175 – 183 , 2013
S. Martinez A. Jardon Juan G. Victores

Entries:
Extended range guidance system for micro-tunnelling machine
International Symposium for Automation and Robotics in Construction 2012 (ISARC/Gerontechnology 2012). Vol. 11. Num. 2, 2012, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
A. Jardon S. Martinez Juan G. Victores
Robot-Aided Tunnel Inspection and Maintenance System
26th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), 2009, Austin, TX, USA
Juan G. Victores S. Martinez A. Jardon

Entries:
Technology Innovation in Underground Construction
chapter: Robotic tunnel inspection and repair pages: 445 – 460. CRC Press , ISBN: 9780415551052, 2010
Juan G. Victores Elena Martín Manuel García José Luis Rivas Adela Jiménez

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