Time-optimal paths for a robotic batting task

Diana Serra, Fabio Ruggiero, Aykut C. Satici, Vincenzo Lippiello, Bruno Siciliano

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel method to optimize the motion of a paddle within a nonprehensile batting task. The proposed approach shows that it is possible to online predict the impact time and the configuration of the paddle, in terms of its linear velocity and orientation, to re-direct a ball towards a desired location, imposing also a desired spin during the free flight. While exploiting the hybrid dynamics of the task during the minimization process, the obtained position and orientation paths are planned by minimizing the acceleration function of the paddle in SE(3). The batting paths are then tracked by a semi-humanoid robot through a closed-loop kinematic inversion. Numerical tests are implemented to compare different metrics to define the optimal impact time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - 13th International Conference, ICINCO 2016
EditorsDimitri Peaucelle, Kurosh Madani, Oleg Gusikhin
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages256-276
Number of pages21
ISBN (Print)9783319550107
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, ICINCO 2016 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 29 Jul 201631 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume430
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, ICINCO 2016
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period29/07/1631/07/16

Keywords

  • Dynamic nonprehensile manipulation
  • Optimal trajectory planning
  • Robotic batting task

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