Enhancing prescribed performance of tracking control using monotone tube boundaries

Y Shi, B Yi, W Xie, W Zhang - Automatica, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study the performance enhancement of tracking control for a class of
nonlinear systems with prescribed performance, by employing a novel pair of prescribed …

Design of an assistive controller for physical human–robot interaction based on cooperative game theory and human intention estimation

P Franceschi, D Cassinelli, N Pedrocchi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article aims to design an assistive controller for physical Human-Robot Interaction
(pHRI) based on Dynamic Cooperative Game Theory (DCGT). In particular, a distributed …

A passive admittance controller to enforce remote center of motion and tool spatial constraints with application in hands-on surgical procedures

T Kastritsi, Z Doulgeri - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
The restriction of feasible motions of a manipulator link constrained to move through an entry
port is a common problem in minimally invasive surgery procedures. Additional spatial …

Safe, passive control for mechanical systems with application to physical human-robot interactions

WS Cortez, CK Verginis… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a novel safe, passive, and robust control law for mechanical
systems. The proposed approach addresses safety from a physical human-robot interaction …

Kinesthetic teaching of bi-manual tasks with known relative constraints

S Stavridis, D Papageorgiou… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Kinesthetic teaching allows the direct skill transfer from the human to the robot and has been
widely used to teach single arm tasks intuitively. In the bi-manual case, simultaneously …

A High‐Order Finite‐Time Observer for External Force Estimation of Collaborative Robots

Z Li, H Wei, C Liu, H Zhang, Y Wei… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to rapidly and accurately estimate external forces applied to collaborative robots
is crucial for ensuring safe physical human‐robot interaction and minimizing injury risk from …

Task geometry aware assistance for kinesthetic teaching of redundant robots

D Papageorgiou, S Stavridis… - 2021 IEEE/RSJ …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Kinesthetic teaching allows the direct skill transfer from the human to the robot through
physical human-robot interaction. However, it is heavily affected by the robot's dynamics and …

A Shared Control Method for Teleoperated Robot Using Artificial Potential Field

W Qin, H Zhang, Z Fan, Y Zhu… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Retinal surgery requires enclosed spatial constraints to improve the safety and success of
the surgery. Herein, a shared control method is proposed for master–slave robot systems …

Direction-Constrained Control for Efficient Physical Human-Robot Interaction under Hierarchical Tasks

M Xu, W Wan, H Wang, K Harada - arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.16922, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper proposes a control method to address the physical Human-Robot Interaction
(pHRI) challenge in the context of hierarchical tasks. A common approach to managing …

Optimizing Design and Control Methods for Using Collaborative Robots in Upper-Limb Rehabilitation

D Onfiani, M Caramaschi, L Biagiotti, F Pini - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we address the development of a robotic rehabilitation system for the upper
limbs based on collaborative end-effector solutions. The use of commercial collaborative …