WO2010082452A1 - 弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置及び制御方法、並びに、制御プログラム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a control device and control method for an elastic body actuator that controls the operation of an elastic body actuator driven by deformation of the elastic body such as a fluid pressure drive actuator, and a control program.
- Industrial robots use electric motors or reducers, and high hand position accuracy such as 0.1 mm repeatability is realized by high gain feedback control.
- a mechanism driven by such an electric motor has high rigidity and often lacks softness, and there are many problems in terms of safety.
- a home robot does not necessarily require a high accuracy such as a repeat accuracy of 0.1 mm, and safety is important because it does not cause harm when in contact with humans. Therefore, a mechanism driven by an electric motor like a conventional industrial robot is not suitable for a field where safety is important, such as a home robot, and a flexible and safe robot arm is required. Yes.
- the McKibben type pneumatic actuator has a structure in which restraining means made of a fiber cord is disposed on the outer surface of a tubular elastic body made of a rubber material, and both ends of the tubular elastic body are hermetically sealed with a sealing member. It has become.
- a compressive fluid such as air through the fluid injecting / extracting means
- the tubular elastic body tends to expand mainly in the radial direction, but the center of the tubular elastic body is caused by the action of the restraining means. It is converted into axial motion and the entire length contracts. Since this McKibben type actuator is mainly composed of an elastic body, it has the characteristics of being a flexible, safe and lightweight actuator.
- fluid pressure driven actuators that operate by fluid pressure such as air, such as McKibben actuators, have poor responsiveness due to the elastic properties due to fluid compressibility or the influence of flow path resistance. For this reason, the elastic actuator has a problem that it is difficult to control, for example, a desired accuracy cannot be achieved by the general feedback control that has been conventionally present.
- an internal state error compensation unit is provided to constitute a control system that feeds back the internal state of the elastic actuator, and a target internal state determination unit is provided to provide a target.
- a control device that configures a control system that feeds forward an internal state and that can perform high-speed and high-accuracy control with good responsiveness and little steady deviation (Patent Document 1).
- the target internal state determination means expresses the result of measuring the relationship between the output and the internal state in advance by an approximation polynomial, etc.
- the target internal state determination means The state cannot be changed. For this reason, in a situation where it is difficult to envisage all environments in advance, such as a home robot, there is a problem that accuracy is lowered unlike an environment in which the relationship between the output and the internal state is assumed in advance.
- An object of the present invention is to control an elastic actuator that can solve the above-described conventional problems and can accurately control the position or force even in an environment other than a previously assumed moving mechanism such as a robot arm driven by an elastic actuator.
- An apparatus, a control method, and a control program are provided.
- the present invention is configured as follows.
- a control device for an elastic actuator Internal state measuring means for measuring the internal state of the elastic actuator; Output measuring means for measuring the output of the elastic actuator; An output error compensating means for compensating an output error by inputting a target value of an output of the elastic actuator and a measured value of the output of the elastic actuator measured by the output measuring means; A target internal state determining means for determining a target value of the internal state of the elastic actuator from a target value of the output of the elastic actuator; An adaptive target internal state that determines a target correction value of the internal state so as to reduce the error when an error occurs between the target value of the output of the elastic actuator and the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator.
- Correction means The output from the output error compensation unit, the target value of the internal state output from the target internal state determination unit, the target correction value of the internal state output from the adaptive target internal state correction unit, and the internal state An internal state error compensation unit that compensates for an internal state error by inputting an output from the measurement unit; Provided is a control device for an elastic body actuator that controls the measured value of the output of the elastic body actuator to be a target value of the output based on the internal state error compensated by the internal state error compensation means.
- an elastic actuator control method comprising: Internal state measuring means for measuring the internal state of the elastic actuator; Output measuring means for measuring the output of the elastic actuator; An output error compensating means for compensating an output error by inputting a target value of an output of the elastic actuator and a measured value of the output of the elastic actuator measured by the output measuring means; A target internal state determining means for determining a target value of the internal state of the elastic actuator from a target value of the output of the elastic actuator; An adaptive target internal state that determines a target correction value of the internal state so as to reduce the error when an error occurs between the target value of the output of the elastic actuator and the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator.
- Correction means The output from the output error compensation unit, the target value of the internal state output from the target internal state determination unit, the target correction value of the internal state output from the adaptive target internal state correction unit, and the internal state An internal state error compensation unit that compensates for an internal state error by inputting an output from the measurement unit; Provided is a control method for an elastic actuator that controls the internal state error compensated by the internal state error compensation means and the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator based on the internal state error as the target value of the output.
- a fourteenth aspect of the present invention there is provided a program for a control device for an elastic actuator, Computer Output error compensation for compensating an output error by inputting a target value of the output of the elastic actuator and a measured value of the output of the elastic actuator measured by an output measuring means for measuring the output of the elastic actuator Means, A target internal state determining means for determining a target value of the internal state of the elastic actuator from a target value of the output of the elastic actuator; An adaptive target internal state that determines a target correction value of the internal state so as to reduce the error when an error occurs between the target value of the output of the elastic actuator and the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator.
- the output from the output error compensation means, the target value of the internal state output from the target internal state determination means, the target correction value of the internal state output from the adaptive target internal state correction means, and the elastic body By functioning as an internal state error compensation unit that compensates for an internal state error by inputting an output from an internal state measurement unit that measures the internal state of the actuator, An elastic actuator control program for controlling the internal state error compensated by the internal state error compensation means and the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator based on the above to be the target value of the output. provide.
- an internal state error compensation means is arranged to constitute a control system that feeds back the internal state of the elastic actuator, and By arranging the target internal state determination means and adaptive target internal state correction means and constructing a control system that feeds forward the adaptively corrected target internal state, it has good responsiveness, small steady deviation, high speed High-precision control is possible.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the concept of a control device for an elastic actuator in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a robot arm that is a control target of the elastic actuator control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure and operation of an elastic expansion / contraction structure that drives a robot arm that is a control target of the elastic actuator control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the concept of a control device for an elastic actuator in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a robot arm that is a control target of the elastic actuator control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure and operation of an elastic expansion / contraction structure that drives a robot arm that is a control target of the elastic actuator control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of an air pressure supply system for driving a robot arm, which is a control target of the elastic actuator control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, with air that is a compressible fluid;
- FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the elastic actuator control device in the first embodiment of the present invention,
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a structure of target pressure difference calculation in the first embodiment of the present invention,
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of actual operation steps of a control program of the elastic actuator control device in the first embodiment of the present invention,
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the structure of the adaptive target pressure difference correction means of the elastic actuator control apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9A shows a case where the robot arm shown in FIG.
- FIG. 9B is a diagram showing a result when the trajectory tracking control of the hand position is performed by the elastic actuator control device in the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a control block diagram in the case of using a conductive polymer actuator which is one of the elastic body actuator control devices in the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 11A is a diagram showing a structure and operation of a conductive polymer actuator that drives a robot arm that is a control target of the elastic actuator control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating the structure and operation of the conductive polymer actuator that drives the robot arm that is the control target of the elastic actuator control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 11C is a diagram showing the structure and operation of the conductive polymer actuator that drives the robot arm that is the control target of the elastic actuator control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 12 is a control block diagram of the elastic actuator control device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation steps of a control program based on the elastic actuator control device in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- a control device for an elastic actuator Internal state measuring means for measuring the internal state of the elastic actuator; Output measuring means for measuring the output of the elastic actuator; An output error compensating means for compensating an output error by inputting a target value of an output of the elastic actuator and a measured value of the output of the elastic actuator measured by the output measuring means; A target internal state determining means for determining a target value of the internal state of the elastic actuator from a target value of the output of the elastic actuator; An adaptive target internal state that determines a target correction value of the internal state so as to reduce the error when an error occurs between the target value of the output of the elastic actuator and the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator.
- Correction means The output from the output error compensation unit, the target value of the internal state output from the target internal state determination unit, the target correction value of the internal state output from the adaptive target internal state correction unit, and the internal state An internal state error compensation unit that compensates for an internal state error by inputting an output from the measurement unit; Provided is a control device for an elastic body actuator that controls the measured value of the output of the elastic body actuator to be a target value of the output based on the internal state error compensated by the internal state error compensation means.
- the target internal state determination means further acquires a measured value of the output of the elastic actuator, and measures the target value of the output of the elastic actuator and the output of the elastic actuator.
- the elastic actuator control device according to the first aspect, wherein a target value of an internal state of the elastic actuator is determined based on the value.
- an adding unit that adds the output of the target internal state determination unit and the output of the adaptive target internal state correction unit and outputs the addition result to the internal state error compensation unit.
- An elastic actuator control device according to the first or second aspect is provided.
- the adaptive target internal state correcting means includes an adaptive offset value obtained by integrating a value obtained by multiplying a value obtained by subtracting the output value from the target value of the output, and a target value of the output.
- the value obtained by multiplying the value obtained by subtracting the initial value from the value obtained by subtracting the output value from the output target value and multiplying the gain by the gain is calculated, and the target value.
- the adaptive target internal state correcting means includes a reference model, and an error occurs between the target value of the output, the output of the reference model, and the output of the elastic actuator.
- the gain obtained by reducing the error is added to the target value of the output and a value obtained by multiplying the state variable of the normative model to determine the target correction value of the internal state.
- a control device for the described elastic actuator is provided.
- the correction is performed to switch between the state where the adaptive target internal state correcting unit is used, the state where the adaptive target internal state correcting unit is not used, or the state where the output update from the adaptive target internal state correcting unit is stopped.
- An elastic actuator control apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, further comprising an output control means.
- first to sixth correction output control means for further switching the output from the adaptive target internal state correction means between a state where the low pass filter is passed or a state where it is not passed.
- the adaptive target internal state correction means includes a determination means, receives a repeated signal from the target trajectory generation means by the adaptive target internal state correction means, and The elasticity according to the sixth aspect, wherein the determination unit determines that the adaptive target internal state correction unit is to be used when the determination unit determines that the trajectory of the elastic actuator in which target values are arranged in time series is a repetition.
- a control device for a body actuator is provided.
- the correction output control means is configured such that when the output error of the elastic actuator falls below a predetermined threshold value, the adaptive target internal state correcting means. According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the elastic actuator control apparatus according to the eighth aspect, wherein the updating of the output of the internal state correcting means is determined to be stopped.
- the correction output control means includes a collision detection means for detecting that the elastic actuator has collided with an object, and when the collision detection means detects a collision.
- the elastic actuator control apparatus according to the sixth aspect, wherein the update of the output of the adaptive target internal state correcting means is determined to be stopped.
- the correction output control means determines that the adaptive target internal state correction means is not used when starting the elastic actuator, and controls the elastic actuator according to the sixth aspect. Providing the device.
- the correction output control means updates the output of the adaptive target internal state correction means when switching from the state where the adaptive target internal state correction means is not used to the state where it is used.
- the elastic actuator control device further comprising a low-pass filter that outputs an output for a predetermined time when switching from the stopped state to the updated state.
- an elastic actuator control method comprising: Internal state measuring means for measuring the internal state of the elastic actuator; Output measuring means for measuring the output of the elastic actuator; An output error compensating means for compensating an output error by inputting a target value of an output of the elastic actuator and a measured value of the output of the elastic actuator measured by the output measuring means; A target internal state determining means for determining a target value of the internal state of the elastic actuator from a target value of the output of the elastic actuator; An adaptive target internal state that determines a target correction value of the internal state so as to reduce the error when an error occurs between the target value of the output of the elastic actuator and the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator.
- Correction means The output from the output error compensation unit, the target value of the internal state output from the target internal state determination unit, the target correction value of the internal state output from the adaptive target internal state correction unit, and the internal state An internal state error compensation unit that compensates for an internal state error by inputting an output from the measurement unit; Provided is a control method for an elastic actuator that controls the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator to be a target value of the output based on the internal condition error compensated by the internal condition error compensation means.
- a fourteenth aspect of the present invention there is provided a program for a control device for an elastic actuator, Computer Output error compensation for compensating an output error by inputting a target value of the output of the elastic actuator and a measured value of the output of the elastic actuator measured by an output measuring means for measuring the output of the elastic actuator Means, A target internal state determining means for determining a target value of the internal state of the elastic actuator from a target value of the output of the elastic actuator; An adaptive target internal state that determines a target correction value of the internal state so as to reduce the error when an error occurs between the target value of the output of the elastic actuator and the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator.
- the output from the output error compensation means, the target value of the internal state output from the target internal state determination means, the target correction value of the internal state output from the adaptive target internal state correction means, and the elastic body By functioning as an internal state error compensation unit that compensates for an internal state error by inputting an output from an internal state measurement unit that measures the internal state of the actuator, Provided is a control program for an elastic actuator for controlling the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator to be a target value of the output based on the internal condition error compensated by the internal condition error compensation means. .
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the concept of a control device for an elastic actuator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- an elastic actuator 102 is a fluid pressure drive actuator driven by fluid pressure.
- the control device for the elastic actuator 102 includes a target output generation unit 101, an output measurement unit 104, a target internal state determination unit 105, an output error compensation unit 103, an adaptive target internal state correction unit 111, and an internal state measurement unit. 107, an internal state error compensation unit 106, and an output error calculation unit 108.
- the target output generation means 101 generates a target value 113 of the output of each elastic body actuator 102.
- the output measuring means 104 is connected to each elastic actuator 102, measures the output of each elastic actuator 102, and outputs the measured value 112 via the target internal state determining means 105 and the output error calculation unit 108.
- the information is input to the means 103 and the adaptive target internal state correcting means 111, respectively.
- the output error calculation unit 108 calculates an output error 114 from the output target value 113 from the target output generation unit 101 and the output (calculated value 112) from the output measurement unit 104, and outputs the calculation result to the output error compensation unit 103. To do.
- the output error compensator 103 corrects the output error 114 input from the output error calculator 108 to the output error compensator 103 to be small, and the measured value 112 measured by the output measurer 104 is converted into a target output generator. Control is performed so as to follow the output target value 113 from 101.
- the target internal state determination unit 105 receives the output target value 113 of the target output generation unit 101 and the measurement value 112 from the output measurement unit 104, and uses the output target value 113 and the measurement value 112 to determine the inside of each elastic actuator 102.
- the state target value 116 is determined.
- the adaptive target internal state correction unit 111 receives the output target value 113 of the target output generation unit 101 and the measurement value 112 from the output measurement unit 104, and a signal using an adaptive algorithm based on the output target value 113 and the measurement value 112. Processing is performed to determine the internal state target correction value 117 of each elastic actuator 102. More specifically, the error between the internal state of the elastic actuator 102 and the output of the elastic actuator 102 is determined based on the target value of the output of each elastic actuator 102 and the measured value of the output of each elastic actuator 102. When the error occurs, a signal obtained by performing the signal synthesis operation so as to reduce the error is determined as the target correction value 117 of the internal state.
- An internal state error calculation unit 109 as an example of an addition unit includes an output 115 from the output error compensation unit 103, an output (internal state target value) 116 from the target internal state determination unit 105, and an adaptive target internal state correction unit 111.
- the internal state error is calculated from the output (internal state target correction value) 117 from the output and the output (internal state measurement value) 118 from the internal state measuring unit 107 and output to the internal state error compensating unit 106.
- the internal state error compensation unit 106 outputs the output from the output error compensation unit 103, the output from the target internal state determination unit 105, the output from the adaptive target internal state correction unit 111, and the internal state error calculation unit 109.
- control is performed so as to compensate for the internal state error, that is, based on the internal state measurement value, the internal state measurement value of each elastic actuator 102 follows the target value.
- the internal state measuring means 107 is connected to each elastic actuator 102 and measures an internal state measurement value 118 which is an internal pressure of each elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 described later of each elastic actuator 102 to calculate an internal state error. Input to the unit 109.
- step S101 the measured value of the output of the elastic actuator 102 measured by the output measuring means 104 is taken into the control device.
- step S102 the target output generation means 101 calculates the output target value of the elastic actuator 102 based on the operation program of the elastic actuator 102 stored in advance in the target output generation means 101.
- step S 103 the output error calculation unit 108 calculates an output error that is a difference between the output target value calculated by the target output generation unit 101 and the current output measurement value measured by the output measurement unit 104.
- step S 104 an output error correction output is calculated by the output error compensation means 103 from the output error calculated by the output error calculation unit 108.
- step S105 based on the output target value calculated by the target output generation unit 101 and the current output measurement value measured by the output measurement unit 104, the target internal state determination unit 105 determines the internal state target value. calculate.
- step S106 the adaptive target internal state correcting unit 111 executes the adaptive target internal state based on the output target value calculated by the target output generating unit 101 and the current output measurement value measured by the output measuring unit 104. A correction value is calculated.
- step S107 the measured value of the internal state of the elastic actuator 102 measured by the internal state measuring means 107 is taken into the control device.
- step S108 the output error correction output calculated by the output error compensation unit 103 in step S104, the internal state target value calculated by the target internal state determination unit 105 in step S105, and the adaptive target internal state correction unit in step S106.
- the internal state error calculation unit 109 calculates the internal state error by subtracting the measured value of the internal state measured in step S107 from the value obtained by adding the eye adaptation target internal state correction value calculated by 111.
- step S109 based on the internal state error calculated by the internal state error calculation unit 109, the internal state error correction means 106 calculates an internal state error correction output.
- step S110 the internal state error correction output calculated by the internal state error compensation unit 106 is given from the internal state error compensation unit 106 to the elastic body actuator 102, and the elastic body actuator 102 is driven.
- Control of the elastic actuator 102 is realized by repeatedly executing the above steps S101 to S110 as a control calculation loop.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the robot arm 10 to be controlled by the control device for the elastic actuator 102 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the robot arm 10 is a two-degree-of-freedom robot arm, and a first joint axis 6-1 that rotates forward and backward in an xy plane including an orthogonal x-axis and y-axis, and forward-reverse rotation in the same xy plane. And a second joint shaft 6-2.
- FIG. 2 1-1a, 1-1b, 1-2a, 1-2b (these are reference numerals for the individual elastic expansion / contraction structures, and are typically denoted by reference numeral 1 when referring to the elastic expansion / contraction structures.
- the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 is made of a resin or metal fiber cord which is hardly stretched on the outer surface of a tubular hollow elastic body 2 made of a rubber material and functioning as a drive unit.
- a deformation direction regulating member 3 knitted in a mesh shape is disposed.
- the radial deformation due to the expansion of the tubular elastic body 2 is converted into the contraction of the axial length, while the radial deformation due to the contraction of the tubular elastic body 2 is the axial length. Configured to be converted to inflation. Both ends of the tubular elastic body 2 are hermetically sealed with the sealing member 4.
- the tubular fluid passage member 5 provided in the sealing member 4 has a fluid flow path through which a compressive fluid passes, and can inject or dispense fluid into the hollow interior of the hollow elastic body 2. It becomes.
- a compressive fluid such as air is supplied to the hollow tubular elastic body 2 through the fluid passage member 5.
- the tubular elastic body 2 When the internal pressure is applied to the internal space of the tubular elastic body 2 by the supplied compressive fluid, the tubular elastic body 2 tends to expand mainly in the radial direction. However, since the deformation direction restricting member 3 is converted into a movement in the central axis direction of the tubular elastic body 2 and the entire length contracts, it can be used as the linear actuator elastic actuator 102.
- a pair of elastic expansion / contraction structures (1, 1) are arranged so that the joint shaft 6-1 or 6-2 faces the fulcrum.
- One elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 of the pair of elastic expansion / contraction structures (1, 1) contracts, and the other elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 expands.
- an antagonistic drive structure in which a force is applied via a fulcrum to rotate the shaft, forward / reverse rotational motion on the joint shaft 6-1 or 6-2 can be realized.
- the first joint shaft 6-1 is driven to rotate forward and backward by antagonistic driving of the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1-1a and the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1-1b.
- the second joint shaft 6-2 is driven to rotate forward and backward by antagonistic driving of the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1-2a and the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1-2b.
- Two circular supports 302, 302 are rotatably supported on both sides of the upper end of the support shaft (second shaft) 303 so as to be concentric with the first joint shaft 6-1.
- Support bodies 307 and 307 are fixed on the fixed floor 301 side at the lower end of the support shaft 303 so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the support shaft 303.
- elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-1a and 1-1b are connected between the two circular supports 302, 302 and the supports 307, 307. Therefore, the two circular supports 302 and 302 rotate in the forward and reverse directions in the xy plane around the support shaft 314 of the first joint shaft 6-1 by the antagonistic drive of the elastic expansion and contraction structures 1-1a and 1-1b. To do.
- the first arm 311 and the drive shaft 313 of the robot arm 10 connected to the two circular supports 302 and 302 can be rotated forward and backward integrally.
- first arm link (first shaft) 308 of the first arm 311 is fixed to the two circular supports 302 and 302, and can rotate integrally with the two circular supports 302 and 302. Yes.
- supports 309 and 309 are fixed orthogonally to the longitudinal direction of the first arm link 308. .
- a support body 310 fixed perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the first arm link 311 is connected to the distal end side of the first arm link 308 so as to be rotatable around the axis of the second joint shaft 6-2.
- Elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b are connected between a support (not shown) on the circular support 302 side of the first arm link 308 and a support 310 on the distal end side. . Therefore, by the antagonistic drive of the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b, the drive shaft 313 of the robot arm 10 is relatively positively moved in the xy plane around the support shaft 315 of the second joint shaft 6-2. Reverse rotation is possible.
- the pressure sensors 9-1a and 9-1b are an example of an internal state measuring unit 107 that measures internal states (for example, internal pressure) of the elastic expansion / contraction structures (1-1a, 1-1b), The pressure in each elastic expansion / contraction structure (1-1a, 1-1b) is measured at each fluid passage member 5 (fluid injection outlet).
- pressure sensors 9-2a and 9-2b (not shown), which are examples of the internal state measuring means 107, are disposed on the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b.
- a flow proportional solenoid valve 18 is connected to each of the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-1a and 1-1b and the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b.
- the electromagnetic valve 18 is connected to a control computer 19 configured by a general personal computer as an example of a control unit.
- the control computer 19 controls the contraction and expansion operations of the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-1a and 1-1b and the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b via the flow proportional solenoid valve 18. To do.
- each of the joint shafts 6-1 and 6-2 is provided with a displacement measuring means (an encoder 8 as an example of a displacement measuring means in this embodiment) which is an example of the output measuring means 104, and each encoder 8, the joint angles of the joint shafts 6-1 and 6-2 can be measured.
- Each elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 is provided with pressure measurement means (in this embodiment, a pressure sensor 9 as an example of pressure measurement means), which is an example of the internal state measurement means 107. The internal pressure of the contraction structure 1 can be measured.
- the basic functions of the robot arm 10 such as gripping and transporting the object are realized. can do.
- the position and posture of the hand will be described below as the hand position and posture.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of an air pressure supply system for driving the robot arm 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- 16 is an air pressure source such as a compressor
- 17 is an air pressure adjusting unit in which an air pressure filter 17a, an air pressure reducing valve 17b, and an air pressure lubricator 17c are combined.
- Reference numeral 18 denotes a 5-port flow rate control solenoid valve as an example of a flow rate proportional solenoid valve that controls the flow rate by driving a spool valve or the like with the force of an electromagnet.
- the control computer 19 is equipped with an input / output IF 20 such as a D / A board and outputs a voltage command value to the 5-port flow rate control solenoid valve 18 to independently control the flow rate of each air flowing through each fluid passage member 5. Can be controlled.
- the high-pressure air generated by the air pressure source 16 is depressurized by the air pressure adjusting unit 17, adjusted to a constant pressure of, for example, 600 [kPa], and supplied to the 5-port flow rate control electromagnetic valve 18.
- the opening degree of the 5-port flow rate control electromagnetic valve 18 is controlled in proportion to the voltage command value output from the control computer 19 via the input / output IF 20.
- a flow path proportional to the absolute value of the voltage command value is supplied to the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1-2a side.
- a flow path to the atmospheric pressure side is opened, and an air flow having a flow rate proportional to the absolute value of the voltage command value is transferred from the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1-2b side to the atmosphere. Is exhausted. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the entire length of the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1-2a is shortened and the total length of the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1-2b is extended, so that the second speed is proportional to the absolute value of the voltage command value.
- the joint shaft 6-2 performs a right rotational motion.
- the air flow supplied from the five-port flow control electromagnetic valve 18 to the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 side passes through the sealing member 4 by the fluid passage member 5, reaches the inside of the tubular elastic body 2, and has a tubular elasticity.
- the internal pressure of the body 2 is generated.
- the tubular elastic body 2 expands due to the generated internal pressure, the deformation in the radial direction due to the expansion is restricted by the restraining action (regulation action) of the fiber cords assembled in a mesh shape of the deformation direction restricting member 3, and the axial length is increased.
- the total length of the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 is shortened as shown in the lower side of FIG.
- the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 in the first embodiment can function as a linear displacement actuator by supplying and controlling air pressure.
- the amount of expansion and contraction is substantially proportional to the internal pressure of the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1. Therefore, the air supplied to the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 by controlling the 5-port flow rate control electromagnetic valve 18 with the control computer 19 as shown in FIG. If the flow rate is controlled, the total length of the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 can be controlled.
- the elastic expansion that antagonizes due to the antagonistic driving by the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-1a and 1-1b and the antagonistic driving by the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b is provided for each of the contraction structures 1 to form a similar air pressure supply system. Then, all joint axes 6-1 and 6-2 of the robot arm 10 are simultaneously forward and reverse by the voltage command values output from the control computer 19 to the respective 5-port flow rate control solenoid valves 18 via the D / A board 20. It can be driven to rotate.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a more specific configuration of the control device for the elastic actuator 102 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and the control device is provided in the control computer 19, for example.
- the internal pressure P [P 1a , P 1b , P 2a , P 2b ] of the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 as an example of the internal state measurement value 118 measured by the pressure sensor 9 of each elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 T is output.
- q 1 and q 2 are the joint angles of the first joint axis 6-1 and the second joint axis 6-2, respectively.
- P 1a , P 1b , P 2a , and P 2b are internal pressures of the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-1a, 1-1b, 1-2a, and 1-2b, respectively.
- the forward kinematics calculation means 21 receives the joint angle vector q, which is the current value q of the joint angle measured by the encoder 8 of each joint axis 6-1 and 6-2, from the encoder 8, and the joint angle of the robot arm 10 Geometrical calculation of conversion from vector q to hand position and posture vector r is performed.
- J r (q) is a Jacobian matrix
- u in is an input to the approximate inverse kinematic calculation means 23a, 23b, 23c
- approximate inverse kinematic calculation means 23a, 23b, and 23c approximate inverse kinematic calculation can be easily performed.
- the current value q of the joint angle vector measured in the robot arm 10 and the target trajectory generation means 11 as an example of the target output generation means 101 are output as an example of the output target value 113.
- hand position of the current hand position and orientation vector r of the tip unit position and orientation target vector r d ⁇ orientation error r e is input, the error q e of the joint angle vector is output.
- the approximate inverse kinematics calculation means 23b receives the current value q of the joint angle vector measured by the robot arm 10 and the position error correction output ⁇ P re from the position error compensation means 12, and the joint error correction output ⁇ P qe is obtained. Is output.
- An error r e with respect to r is inputted, and an error q e of the joint angle vector is outputted.
- Target trajectory generation section 11 the hand position and orientation target vector r d for realizing the operation of the robot arm 10 to the target is output.
- an output error compensation means 103 positional error compensating unit 12 outputs the hand position is output by the error calculation unit 108, orientation error r e is inputted, the position error correction output [Delta] P re is approximate inverse as an example of an output 115 It is output toward the kinematic calculation means 23b.
- the target internal state determination unit 105 includes an output error calculation unit 108, a target pressure difference calculation unit 14, and an approximate inverse kinematics calculation unit 23a.
- ⁇ P 1d and ⁇ P 2d are target values of the pressure difference between the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b of the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-1a and 1-1b, respectively.
- the adaptive target internal state correction unit 111 includes an output error calculation unit 108, an adaptive target pressure difference correction unit 25, and an approximate inverse kinematic calculation unit 23c.
- ⁇ P 1da and ⁇ P 2da are adjustment corrections of the target value (target pressure difference) of the pressure difference between the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b of the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-1a and 1-1b, respectively. Value.
- the correction output control means 120 receives an operation start signal and a target trajectory repeat signal input from the target trajectory generation means 11, a collision detection signal input from a collision detection means 121 described later, and an input from the output error calculation unit 108.
- the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 ON or OFF command (ON mode command or OFF mode command) or output value hold command (hold (update stop)) Mode command) or a low-pass filter ON or OFF command is output to the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25.
- the low-pass filter is configured, for example, as software in the adaptive target pressure difference correction unit 25.
- the low-pass filter is a target pressure that is an output from the adaptive target pressure difference correction unit 25 when the adaptive target pressure difference correction unit 25 is switched from the OFF mode to the ON mode or when the hold (update stop) mode is switched to the ON mode. This is used to prevent the difference from changing suddenly and the robot arm 10 from becoming unstable.
- the target pressure difference can be changed gently by outputting the output from the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 after passing through the low-pass filter.
- the internal state error calculation unit 109 includes a target pressure difference adjustment correction value ⁇ P da output from the adaptive target pressure difference correction unit 25, ⁇ P d output from the target internal state determination unit 105, and approximate inverse kinematic calculation unit.
- the pressure difference error (pressure error value) ⁇ P e calculated by adding ⁇ P qe output from 23b and subtracting ⁇ P output from the pressure difference calculating means 13 from the added value is the pressure difference error compensating means.
- the pressure difference error compensation unit 15 which is an example of the internal state error correction unit 106, receives the pressure difference error ⁇ P e from the internal state error calculation unit 109 and outputs the pressure difference error correction output u toward the robot arm 10. .
- the pressure difference error correction output u is given as a voltage command value to the 5-port flow control solenoid valve 18 via the input / output IF 20 such as a D / A board, and the joint shafts 6-1 and 6-2 are driven to rotate forward and reverse. Then, the robot arm 10 operates.
- the collision detection unit 121 detects that the robot arm 10 has collided with an external object, and outputs a collision detection signal to the correction output control unit 120.
- FIG. 5 uses an error of the hand position of the robot arm 10. This is a method of differentiating the hand position error and estimating that a collision has occurred when the value of the time derivative of the error becomes larger than a predetermined threshold value.
- the collision detection method may be a detection method using a camera, or a detection method using a contact sensor or a force sensor.
- the position error compensation means 12 by the hand position and orientation feedback control of the error r e (position control).
- the position error compensation means 12 for example, by using the PID compensator acts is controlled to the hand position and orientation error r e is converged to 0, the operation of the robot arm 10 to the target is realized.
- the pressure difference error [Delta] P e is the pressure difference error compensation means 15 is inputted, the hand position and orientation error r e is generated to operate the pressure difference error compensation means 15, converged to the hand position and orientation error r e is 0
- the pressure difference control works like this.
- the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 shown in FIG. 3 since the displacement occurs only after the internal pressure change occurs, the pressure change is observed earlier than the position change (displacement) in terms of time. . Therefore, by constructing an internal pressure feedback loop that controls the pressure difference inside the position feedback loop that performs position control as in the control system shown in FIG. 5, the poor responsiveness is compensated, and the position control performance is improved. Improvements can be realized.
- the target pressure difference calculation means 14 When the forward / reverse rotation driving of the joint shafts 6-1 and 6-2 by the antagonistic driving of the pair of elastic expansion / contraction structures 1 and 1 shown in FIG. 3 is performed, the joint angle and the pair of elastic expansion / contraction structures 1
- the relationship with the internal pressure difference is, for example, as shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows the results when an elastic expansion / contraction structure (Mackiben type pneumatic artificial muscle) having a total length of 250 mm and an inner diameter of 10 mm is used. As shown in FIG. 6, the measurement result can be approximated by a substantially straight line. Therefore, as a formula for calculating the target pressure difference ⁇ P d , a linear formula representing a straight line
- the target pressure difference calculation means 14 calculates the target pressure difference ⁇ P d from the target joint angle vector q d by the equation (1) and inputs it to the pressure difference error compensation means 15 via the internal state error calculation unit 109.
- the relationship between the joint angle and the pressure difference is approximated by a linear equation, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a multidimensional polynomial such as a quadratic equation can also be approximated.
- the relationship between the output of the elastic actuator 102 and the internal state of the elastic actuator 102 (for example, the relationship between the joint angle and the pressure difference) is stored as a table in a storage unit (not shown) of the control device. Based on the table stored in the storage unit, the target value (for example, the target value of the pressure difference) of the internal state of the elastic body actuator 102 is internally changed from the target value (for example, the target value of the joint angle) of the output of the elastic body actuator 102. It can also be set as the structure derived
- the target pressure difference calculation means 14 calculates the relationship between the joint angle and the pressure difference in a prior experiment, and stores the calculation result in the storage unit (not shown) as described above.
- the relationship between the output and the internal state changes due to the influence of gravity due to the load applied to the tip of the robot arm 10 or other disturbance, and the characteristic change due to the secular change of the elastic actuator 102 To do.
- adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 outputs an adjustment correction value [Delta] P da of the desired pressure difference.
- the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 calculates a joint error q e from the joint angle target value q d and the current joint angle q, and calculates an adjustment correction value ⁇ P da of the target pressure difference using the joint error q e.
- the target pressure difference can be adaptively changed (in other words, when the joint error q e occurs, the target pressure difference can be changed so as to reduce the joint error q e ).
- Equation (3) is designed to correct the coefficient A and the coefficient b in Expression (1), respectively.
- the formula (3) adaptively changes in accordance with the current joint error q e (in other words, changes so as to reduce the current joint error q e) that in the formula (1) it is possible to correct, it acts in a direction to reduce joint error q e.
- the output of the adaptive target pressure difference corrector 25 is in the command ON, the output of the adaptive target pressure difference corrector 25, an adjustment correction value [Delta] P da of the desired pressure difference the low-pass Output the filtered value. If the low-pass filter is instructed to be OFF from the correction output control means 120 to the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25, the output of the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 is adjusted and corrected for the target pressure difference without passing through the low-pass filter. and it outputs the value ⁇ P da as it is.
- the correction output control means 120 (I) command for outputting an adjustment correction value [Delta] P da of the desired pressure difference, or, not the output command, or, (Ii) a command to be output through a low-pass filter, or (Iii) A command to hold the value of ⁇ P da at a certain value, This is performed for the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25. Specifically with reference to at least one of the following conditions, an adjustment correction value [Delta] P da of the desired pressure difference correction output control means 120 for controlling.
- the adaptive target pressure difference correcting means 25 does not operate (not used), and the operation of the adaptive target pressure difference correcting means 25 starts (uses) after a certain period of time has elapsed since the start. start).
- an initial operation necessary for a normal start is performed.
- confirmation of a sensor has priority over the accuracy of position control.
- the operation of the robot arm 10 is unstable until the initial operation is completed. For this reason, if it is attempted to move adaptively (to reduce the error), the stability of the robot arm 10 may be impaired. Therefore, until the initial operation of the robot arm 10 is completed after starting, the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 is not operated (in other words, the OFF mode of the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 is meant).
- the output value of the adaptive target pressure difference correction unit 25 is held and not updated for a certain period of time after the collision detection signal is input from the collision detection unit 121.
- the robot arm 10 or the colliding object may be damaged by trying to correct the error with respect to the robot arm 10 that cannot move along the trajectory due to a collision with an external object.
- the output of the adaptive target pressure difference correcting means 25 is not updated for a fixed time after being set, and the output value is held.
- the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 (use the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25) (in other words, when a signal that is a repetitive trajectory (repetitive signal of the target trajectory) is received from the target trajectory generation means 11 (in other words, For example, it means the ON mode of the adaptive target pressure difference correcting means 25). This is because the effect of the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 appears most predominately during the repetitive operation. Therefore, the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 is used in order to use the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 only during the repetitive operation. To work.
- the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 includes a determination means 25a, receives a repetition signal of the target trajectory from the target trajectory generation means 11 by the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25, and receives the target value of the elastic actuator 102.
- the determination means 25a determines that a flag indicating that the operation is repeated in the signal from the target trajectory generation means 11 is recorded.
- the adaptive target pressure difference correcting means 25 is used.
- the adaptive target pressure difference correcting means 25 Hold the output value and do not update it. Even if the pressure difference is adaptively corrected (even if the pressure difference is corrected so as to reduce the error), the error is not reduced any more (the hand position error is below the threshold value), and the correction output control is performed. When the determination is made by the means 120, it is performed to stop the update of the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 (in other words, the hold (update stop) mode of the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25).
- the output from the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 is output through the low-pass filter of the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 for a predetermined time. This is performed in order to prevent the target pressure difference from changing suddenly when the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 is switched to the above mode and the operation of the robot arm 10 to become unstable.
- step S1 joint angle data (joint variable vector or joint angle vector q) measured by the encoder 8 is taken into the control device.
- step S2 the calculation of the Jacobian matrix Jr and the like necessary for the kinematic calculation of the robot arm 10 is performed by the approximate inverse kinematic calculation means (23a, 23b, 23c).
- step S3 from the joint angle data (joint angle vector q) from the robot arm 10, the current hand position and posture vector r of the robot arm 10 are calculated by the forward kinematics calculation means 21 (forward kinematics calculation). Processing by means 21).
- step S4 based on the operation program of the robot arm 10 that has been previously stored in the target trajectory generation section 11, a target trajectory generation section 11 calculates the tip unit position and orientation target vector r d of the robot arm 10.
- step S5 the tip unit position and orientation target vector r d and the hand position and orientation error r e is the difference between the current hand position and orientation vector r is calculated by the output error computing unit 108.
- step S6 treatment with positional error compensating unit 12
- step S6 treatment with positional error compensating unit 12
- step S6 treatment with positional error compensating unit 12
- step S6 treatment with positional error compensating unit 12
- step S6 a PID compensator
- step S6 a value obtained by multiplying the proportional gain to the hand position and orientation error r e, the value obtained by multiplying the derivative gain to the differential value of the hand position and orientation error r e, and hand position and orientation error r
- the total value of the three values obtained by multiplying the integral value of e by the integral gain is the position error correction output ⁇ P ree . Control is performed so that the position error converges to 0 by appropriately adjusting three gains of proportionality, differentiation, and integration, which are constant diagonal matrices.
- step S7 by multiplying the inverse matrix of the Jacobian matrix J r calculated in step S2, the joint error correction output is a value related to the error of the joint angle position error correction output [Delta] P re from the value relating to the error of the tip unit position ⁇ P qe is converted by the approximate inverse kinematics calculation means 23b (processing by the approximate inverse kinematics calculation means 23b).
- step S8 by multiplying the inverse matrix of the Jacobian matrix J r, the hand position and orientation error r e error q e in approximate inverse kinematic calculation means 23a of the joint angle vector, is converted by 23c (approximate inverse Processing in kinematic calculation means 23a, 23c).
- step S9 the desired pressure difference calculation means 14, the error q e and the current measured by the encoder 8 joint angle q and the target joint angle of the value obtained by adding the vector q of the calculated joint angle vector at step S8
- the target pressure difference ⁇ P d is calculated as d .
- step S10 the adaptive target pressure difference corrector 25, the target joint angle vector value obtained by adding the joint angle q of the current measured by the error q e and the encoder 8 of the calculated joint angle vector at step S8
- the adjustment correction value ⁇ P da of the adaptive target pressure difference is calculated as q d .
- step S11 the internal pressure value of each actuator 102 measured by the pressure sensor 9, which is an example of the internal state measuring means 107, is taken into the control device, and each of the two actuators 102, 102 that are antagonistically driven is used.
- the current pressure difference ⁇ P between the internal pressures is calculated by the pressure difference calculating means 13.
- step S12 the joint error correction output ⁇ P qe calculated by the approximate inverse kinematics calculation unit 23b in step S7 and the target pressure difference ⁇ P d calculated by the target pressure difference calculation unit 14 in step S9 are applied in step S10.
- the pressure difference error ⁇ P e is calculated by the pressure difference error compensating means 15 (processing by the pressure difference error compensating means 15).
- a pressure difference error correction output is calculated by the pressure difference error compensation means 15 from the pressure difference error ⁇ P e (processing in the pressure difference error compensation means 15).
- the pressure difference error compensation means 15 for example, a PID compensator can be considered.
- step S13 the pressure difference error correction output is given as a voltage command value to each flow control solenoid valve 18 from the pressure difference error compensation means 15 through the input / output IF 20 such as a D / A board.
- the control electromagnetic valve 18 changes the pressure in each actuator 102, the rotational motion of each joint shaft 6-1 and 6-2 of the robot arm 10 is generated.
- Control of the operation of the robot arm 10 is realized by repeatedly executing the above steps S1 to S13 as a control calculation loop.
- FIG. 9A and 9B show the trajectory tracking control of the hand position by the conventional control device that performs only the target pressure difference calculation means shown in FIG. 6 without using the adaptive target internal state correction means 111 for the robot arm 10 shown in FIG.
- FIG. 6 shows the result when the track position is performed, and the result when the trajectory tracking control of the hand position is performed by the control device of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
- the robot arm 10 shown in FIG. 2 uses the elastic expansion / contraction structure 1 having a natural length of 295 mm and an inner diameter of 10 mm for both the first shaft 308 and the second shaft 303.
- 9A and 9B show the target value and measurement result of the hand position of the two-degree-of-freedom robot arm.
- a trajectory in which the hand position draws a square with a side length of 0.2 m in the xy plane was given as a target value.
- FIG. 9A shows the result of control by a conventional control device.
- the conventional control device when the relationship between the actual pressure difference and the angle is deviated from the relationship between the target pressure difference and the angle determined by the preliminary measurement, the error is large as shown in FIG. 9A and the followability is not good. I understand.
- FIG. 9B shows a control result by the control device of the first embodiment shown in FIG. It can be seen that due to the effect of adding the adaptive target internal state correcting means 111, the error is small and the followability is excellent.
- the pressure difference error compensating means 15 is arranged to constitute an internal pressure control system that feeds back the internal state of the elastic actuator 102, and By arranging the target pressure difference calculating means 14 and the adaptive target pressure difference correcting means 25, and configuring a control system that feeds forward a target pressure difference that is an example of a target internal state of the elastic actuator 102, Even in environments other than previously assumed, it is possible to control the robot arm 10 with high responsiveness and small steady-state deviation with high accuracy.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the adaptive target pressure difference correction unit 25.
- Reference numeral 50 is a reference model that the joint angle of the robot arm 10 should follow, and 51a and 51b are variable gains.
- the reference model 50 is determined in advance from the responsiveness desired for the robot arm 10.
- the target pressure difference can be adaptively changed (the target pressure difference is changed so that the error becomes small).
- the variable gains 51a and 51b are calculated by equations (4) to (5).
- a x , a q , b x, and b q are fixed values determined in advance experiments, respectively.
- X m represents the state vector of the reference model 50.
- Expressions (4) and (5) are expressions of a feedforward term for following the reference model 50 known in simple adaptive control, and the joint angle target value q d and the state vector x m of the reference model 50 are respectively, by applying a gain which varies by a difference e q of the joint angles, adaptively changing the difference e q of the current joint angle (the difference e q varies so as to become smaller) it becomes possible.
- Reference model 50 in the frequency band used for the control object (elastic actuator 102), because it is often to select a model that can almost follow the target value, to be adaptively changed by the difference e q of the joint angle is now equivalent to changing adaptively according to the joint error q e.
- equation (4), the equation (5), adaptive target pressure difference corrector 25 functions to reduce joint error q e.
- the output of the adaptive target pressure difference corrector 25 when the low-pass filter from the correction output control unit 120 is in the command ON, a value through a low-pass filter to adjust the correction value [Delta] P da of the desired pressure difference Output.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a more specific configuration of the control device for the elastic actuator 102 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- the control device is provided in, for example, the control computer 19.
- reference numeral 10 denotes a robot arm shown in FIG. 2 which is a control target of the control device of the elastic actuator 102.
- Target trajectory generation section 11 functions as an example of a target output generating means 101, the target joint angle vector q d for realizing the operation of the robot arm 10 to the target is output.
- the joint angle error q e is output.
- the angle error compensation means 60 which is an example of the output error compensation means 103, receives the joint angle error q e output from the output error calculation unit 108, and the angle error correction output ⁇ P qe as an example of the output 115 is an internal state error calculation. Output to the unit 109.
- the target pressure difference calculation means 14 which is an example of the target internal state determination means 105, receives the target joint angle vector q d that is the output of the target trajectory generation means 11, and sets the internal state target value 116 from the target joint angle vector q d .
- target pressure difference (target value of pressure difference) ⁇ P d [ ⁇ P 1d , ⁇ P 2d ] T is calculated and output to the target internal state error calculation unit 109.
- ⁇ P 1d and ⁇ P 2d are target values of the pressure difference between the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b of the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-1a and 1-1b, respectively.
- Adaptive target internal state correction means which is an example adaptive target pressure difference corrector 25 of 111 inputs the target joint angle vector q d is the output of the joint angle vector q and the target track generation unit 11 to be measured in the robot arm 10 is
- the target pressure difference adjustment correction value (an example of the internal state target correction value 117)
- ⁇ P da [ ⁇ P 1da , ⁇ P 2da ] T is calculated by the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25, and the calculated adjustment correction value ⁇ P da is calculated. Is output from the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 to the internal state error calculation unit 109.
- ⁇ P 1da and ⁇ P 2da are adjustment corrections of the target value (target pressure difference) of the pressure difference between the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-2a and 1-2b of the elastic expansion / contraction structures 1-1a and 1-1b, respectively. Value.
- the internal state error calculation unit 109 receives the target pressure difference adjustment correction value ⁇ P da output from the adaptive target pressure difference correction unit 25, ⁇ P d output from the target pressure difference calculation unit 14, and the angle error compensation unit 60.
- the pressure difference error (pressure error value) ⁇ P e calculated by adding the output ⁇ P qe and subtracting the ⁇ P output from the pressure difference calculation means 13 from the added value to the pressure difference error compensation means 15. Output toward.
- the collision detection unit 121 detects that the robot arm 10 has collided with an external object, and outputs a collision detection signal to the correction output control unit 120.
- the joint angle error of the robot arm 10 is used in FIG. This is a method of differentiating the joint angle error and estimating that a collision has occurred when the value of the time derivative of the error is larger than a predetermined threshold value.
- the collision detection method may be a detection method using a camera, or a detection method using a contact sensor or a force sensor.
- the output is a joint angle.
- the output measuring means 104 is a displacement speed sensor as an example of the displacement speed measuring means, and the output value is a displacement speed. The same applies to control.
- the output is a joint angle.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the output measuring unit 104 is a force sensor as an example of a force measuring unit and force control is performed using an output value as a force. But the same is true.
- the senor is provided as an example of the internal state measuring unit 107.
- the internal state is estimated by the observer, and the estimated value of the internal state is used. The same effect is demonstrated.
- the fluid actuator driven by fluid pressure has been described as an example of the elastic actuator 102.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and a conductive polymer, dielectric polymer, or Even in the case of an actuator that drives an elastic body such as various gels by electrical stimulation, the same effect is exhibited by adopting an electric field or a charge amount as an internal state.
- FIGS. 11A to 11C are diagrams illustrating the structure and operation of a conductive polymer actuator which is an example of the elastic actuator 102.
- FIG. This actuator has a structure in which a solid electrolyte molded body 81 is sandwiched between polyaniline film bodies 80a and 80b which are conductive polymer films (see FIG. 11A).
- the switch 83 By turning on the switch 83, the potential difference set in the power source 82 is applied between the polyaniline film bodies 80a and 80b, and anions are inserted into the one polyaniline film body 80b to expand, and the other polyaniline film body 80b. From 80a, anions are detached and contracted, and as a result, deflection deformation occurs (see FIG. 11B).
- one polyaniline film body 80b acts as an electrode connected to the other polyaniline film body 80a via the electrolyte forming body 81.
- the polyaniline film bodies 80a and 80b are deformed in the reverse direction as shown in FIG. 11C.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control device for an elastic actuator when a conductive polymer actuator is used as the elastic actuator of the robot arm 10A. 5 is different from the configuration diagram of FIG. 5 in that the pressure sensor 9, the adaptive target pressure difference correcting means 25, the pressure difference calculating means 13, the target pressure difference calculating means 14, and the pressure difference error compensating means 15 are respectively an ammeter 72 and The adaptive target charge amount correcting means 70, the charge amount calculating means 73, the target charge amount calculating means 71, and the charge amount error compensating means 74 are replaced.
- Target charge amount calculating unit 71 is an example of a desired internal state determining means 105, and the target angle vector q d to calculate the target charge amount c d, are outputted to the internal state error calculator 109.
- the adaptive target charge amount correction unit 70 is an example of the adaptive target internal state correction unit 111.
- the adaptive target charge amount correction means 70 outputs a target charge amount correction value c da to the internal state error calculation unit 109 in order to correct the output error of the conductive polymer actuator.
- the ammeter 72 is an example of the internal state measuring means 107, and measures the current i flowing through each conductive polymer actuator. By integrating the current i measured by the ammeter 72 in the charge amount calculation means 73, the current charge amount c can be calculated, and the calculated current charge amount c is output to the internal state error calculation unit 109. To do.
- Positional error compensating unit 12 the hand position and posture error re outputted from the output error calculation unit 108 is inputted, the position error correction output .DELTA.c re is outputted to the approximate inverse kinematic calculation means 23b.
- the approximate inverse kinematics 23b receives the current value q of the joint angle vector measured by the robot arm 10 and the position error correction output ⁇ c re from the position error compensation means 12, and the joint error correction output ⁇ c qe is in the internal state. It is output toward the error calculator 109.
- Charge amount error compensation means 74 the charge amount error c e from an internal state error calculation unit 109 is input, so as to correct the error in the charge quantity, charge quantity error correction output u is output to the robot arm 10 .
- the present invention can be implemented even with a conductive polymer actuator.
- the adaptive control generally may impair the stability as compared to the case where it is not (adaptive control is not performed).
- the basic target pressure difference ⁇ P d is calculated by the target internal state determination means 105 including the target pressure difference calculation means 14, and an error that cannot be corrected thereby is calculated as follows: This is compensated by the adaptive target internal state correction means 111 including the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25.
- the target pressure difference can be adaptively corrected (the target pressure difference can be corrected so as to reduce the error). Furthermore, when the function of the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 is not required by the correction output control means 120, the function of the adaptive target pressure difference correction means 25 can be stopped, so that the effect of not impairing the stability can be exhibited.
- An elastic actuator control device and control method, and a control program according to the present invention include a control device and a control method for performing position control such as trajectory control of a hand position of a robot arm operated by an elastic actuator, and a control program. Useful. Also, not only the robot arm, but also a control device and control method for a rotation mechanism using an elastic actuator in a production facility, etc., a control program, or a control device for a linear motion mechanism using an elastic actuator such as a linear slider or a press device, and The present invention can also be applied as a control method and a control program.
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上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態を計測する内部状態計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力を計測する出力計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値と上記出力計測手段により計測された上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値とが入力されることにより出力誤差を補償する出力誤差補償手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する目標内部状態決定手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値との間で誤差が生じた場合に、その誤差を小さくするように内部状態の目標補正値を決定する適応目標内部状態補正手段と、
上記出力誤差補償手段からの出力、及び上記目標内部状態決定手段から出力される内部状態の目標値、及び、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段から出力される内部状態の目標補正値、及び上記内部状態計測手段からの出力が入力されることにより内部状態誤差を補償する内部状態誤差補償手段とを備えて、
上記内部状態誤差補償手段により補償された上記内部状態誤差に基づき上記弾性体アクチュエータの上記出力の計測値を上記出力の目標値とするように制御する弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置を提供する。
上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態を計測する内部状態計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力を計測する出力計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値と上記出力計測手段により計測された上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値とが入力されることにより出力誤差を補償する出力誤差補償手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する目標内部状態決定手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値との間で誤差が生じた場合に、その誤差を小さくするように内部状態の目標補正値を決定する適応目標内部状態補正手段と、
上記出力誤差補償手段からの出力、及び上記目標内部状態決定手段から出力される内部状態の目標値、及び、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段から出力される内部状態の目標補正値、及び上記内部状態計測手段からの出力が入力されることにより内部状態誤差を補償する内部状態誤差補償手段とを備えて、
上記内部状態誤差補償手段により補償された上記内部状態誤差と上記に基づき上記弾性体アクチュエータの上記出力の計測値を上記出力の目標値とするように制御する弾性体アクチュエータの制御方法を提供する。
コンピュータを、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値と上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力を計測する出力計測手段により計測された上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値とが入力されることにより出力誤差を補償する出力誤差補償手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する目標内部状態決定手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値との間で誤差が生じた場合に、その誤差を小さくするように内部状態の目標補正値を決定する適応目標内部状態補正手段と、
上記出力誤差補償手段からの出力、及び上記目標内部状態決定手段から出力される内部状態の目標値、及び、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段から出力される内部状態の目標補正値、及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態を計測する内部状態計測手段からの出力が入力されることにより内部状態誤差を補償する内部状態誤差補償手段として機能させて、
上記内部状態誤差補償手段により補償された上記内部状態誤差と上記に基づき上記弾性体アクチュエータの上記出力の計測値を上記出力の目標値とするように制御するための、弾性体アクチュエータの制御プログラムを提供する。
上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態を計測する内部状態計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力を計測する出力計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値と上記出力計測手段により計測された上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値とが入力されることにより出力誤差を補償する出力誤差補償手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する目標内部状態決定手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値との間で誤差が生じた場合に、その誤差を小さくするように内部状態の目標補正値を決定する適応目標内部状態補正手段と、
上記出力誤差補償手段からの出力、及び上記目標内部状態決定手段から出力される内部状態の目標値、及び、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段から出力される内部状態の目標補正値、及び上記内部状態計測手段からの出力が入力されることにより内部状態誤差を補償する内部状態誤差補償手段とを備えて、
上記内部状態誤差補償手段により補償された上記内部状態誤差に基づき上記弾性体アクチュエータの上記出力の計測値を上記出力の目標値とするように制御する弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置を提供する。
上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態を計測する内部状態計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力を計測する出力計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値と上記出力計測手段により計測された上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値とが入力されることにより出力誤差を補償する出力誤差補償手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する目標内部状態決定手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値との間で誤差が生じた場合に、その誤差を小さくするように内部状態の目標補正値を決定する適応目標内部状態補正手段と、
上記出力誤差補償手段からの出力、及び上記目標内部状態決定手段から出力される内部状態の目標値、及び、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段から出力される内部状態の目標補正値、及び上記内部状態計測手段からの出力が入力されることにより内部状態誤差を補償する内部状態誤差補償手段とを備えて、
上記内部状態誤差補償手段により補償された上記内部状態誤差に基づき上記弾性体アクチュエータの上記出力の計測値を上記出力の目標値とするように制御する弾性体アクチュエータの制御方法を提供する。
コンピュータを、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値と上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力を計測する出力計測手段により計測された上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値とが入力されることにより出力誤差を補償する出力誤差補償手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する目標内部状態決定手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値との間で誤差が生じた場合に、その誤差を小さくするように内部状態の目標補正値を決定する適応目標内部状態補正手段と、
上記出力誤差補償手段からの出力、及び上記目標内部状態決定手段から出力される内部状態の目標値、及び、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段から出力される内部状態の目標補正値、及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態を計測する内部状態計測手段からの出力が入力されることにより内部状態誤差を補償する内部状態誤差補償手段として機能させて、
上記内部状態誤差補償手段により補償された上記内部状態誤差に基づき上記弾性体アクチュエータの上記出力の計測値を上記出力の目標値とするように制御するための、弾性体アクチュエータの制御プログラムを提供する。
図1は本発明の第1実施形態にかかる弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置の概念を示すブロック図である。図1において、弾性体アクチュエータ102は、流体圧により駆動される流体圧駆動アクチュエータである。
(i)目標圧力差の調整補正値ΔPdaを出力する指令、若しくは、出力しない指令、又は、
(ii)ローパスフィルタを通して出力する指令、又は、
(iii)ΔPdaの値をある値でホールドする指令を、
適応目標圧力差補正手段25に対して行う。具体的には以下の条件の少なくとも1つを用いて、目標圧力差の調整補正値ΔPdaを補正出力制御手段120が制御する。
図8は、適応目標圧力差補正手段25の一例を示す図である。50はロボットアーム10の関節角度が追従すべき規範モデル、51a、51bは可変ゲインである。規範モデル50は、ロボットアーム10に望む応答性などから事前に決定する。規範モデル50は、伝達関数、又は、状態方程式の形で表現されるが、いずれも入力は関節角度目標値qdであり、出力は関節角度qのモデルである。関節角度目標値qdを入力としたときの規範モデル50の出力と現在の関節角度qとの差eqを適応目標圧力差補正手段25で算出し、差eqを用いて目標圧力差の調整補正値ΔPdaを適応目標圧力差補正手段25で算出することにより、適応的に目標圧力差を変化させる(誤差が小さくなるように目標圧力差を変化させる)ことができる。可変ゲイン51a、51bは式(4)~式(5)により算出される。
図12は、本発明の第3実施形態にかかる弾性体アクチュエータ102の制御装置のより具体的な構成を示す図であり、上記制御装置は、例えば、上記制御コンピュータ19内に備えられている。ただし、図12において、10は弾性体アクチュエータ102の制御装置の制御対象である図2に示すロボットアームである。
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- 弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置であって、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態を計測する内部状態計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力を計測する出力計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値と上記出力計測手段により計測された上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値とが入力されることにより出力誤差を補償する出力誤差補償手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する目標内部状態決定手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値との間で誤差が生じた場合に、その誤差を小さくするように内部状態の目標補正値を決定する適応目標内部状態補正手段と、
上記出力誤差補償手段からの出力、及び上記目標内部状態決定手段から出力される内部状態の目標値、及び、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段から出力される内部状態の目標補正値、及び上記内部状態計測手段からの出力が入力されることにより内部状態誤差を補償する内部状態誤差補償手段とを備えて、
上記内部状態誤差補償手段により補償された上記内部状態誤差に基づき上記弾性体アクチュエータの上記出力の計測値を上記出力の目標値とするように制御する弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。 - 上記目標内部状態決定手段は、さらに上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値を取得し、上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する、請求項1に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記目標内部状態決定手段の出力と上記適応目標内部状態補正手段の出力とを加算して、加算結果を上記内部状態誤差補償手段に出力する加算部をさらに備える請求項1又は2に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記適応目標内部状態補正手段は、上記出力の目標値から出力値を減じた値にゲインを乗じた値を積分した適応オフセット値と、上記出力の目標値から初期値を減じた値に、上記出力の目標値から出力値を減じた値を乗じた値にゲインを乗じた値を積分した適応ゲイン値を算出し、上記適応ゲイン値に上記出力の目標値を乗じた値と、上記適応オフセット値とを加算した値を上記内部状態の目標補正値とする請求項1又は2に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記適応目標内部状態補正手段は、規範モデルを備え、上記出力の目標値と上記規範モデルの出力と上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力との間で誤差が生じた場合にその誤差を小さくするゲインを上記出力の目標値と上記規範モデルの状態変数に乗じた値を加算し、上記内部状態の目標補正値として決定する請求項1又は2に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記適応目標内部状態補正手段を使用する状態又は使用しない状態又は上記適応目標内部状態補正手段からの出力の更新を停止する状態の間での切り替えを行う補正出力制御手段をさらに備える請求項1又は2に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記適応目標内部状態補正手段からの出力をローパスフィルタを通す状態又は通さない状態との間での切り替えを行う補正出力制御手段をさらに備える請求項1又は2に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記適応目標内部状態補正手段は、判断手段を備えて、上記目標軌道生成手段から繰り返しの信号を上記適応目標内部状態補正手段で受け取り、上記弾性体アクチュエータの目標値を時系列に並べた上記弾性体アクチュエータの軌道が繰り返しであることを上記判断手段で判断したときに上記適応目標内部状態補正手段を使用することを決定する請求項6に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記適応目標内部状態補正手段を使用するとき、上記補正出力制御手段は、上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力誤差が予め決められた閾値を下回ったときに上記適応目標内部状態補正手段の出力の更新を停止することを決定する請求項8に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記補正出力制御手段は、上記弾性体アクチュエータが物体に衝突したことを検知する衝突検知手段を備えて、上記衝突検知手段により衝突したことを検知したときに上記適応目標内部状態補正手段の出力の更新を停止することを決定する請求項6に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記補正出力制御手段は、弾性体アクチュエータの始動時に上記適応目標内部状態補正手段の使用をしないことを決定する請求項6に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 上記補正出力制御手段は、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段を使用しない状態から使用する状態に切り替えるとき、又は、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段の出力を更新せずに停止する状態から更新する状態に切り替えるときに一定時間出力を通して出力するローパスフィルタをさらに備える請求項6に記載の弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置。
- 弾性体アクチュエータの制御方法であって、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態を計測する内部状態計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力を計測する出力計測手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値と上記出力計測手段により計測された上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値とが入力されることにより出力誤差を補償する出力誤差補償手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する目標内部状態決定手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値との間で誤差が生じた場合に、その誤差を小さくするように内部状態の目標補正値を決定する適応目標内部状態補正手段と、
上記出力誤差補償手段からの出力、及び上記目標内部状態決定手段から出力される内部状態の目標値、及び、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段から出力される内部状態の目標補正値、及び上記内部状態計測手段からの出力が入力されることにより内部状態誤差を補償する内部状態誤差補償手段とを備えて、
上記内部状態誤差補償手段により補償された上記内部状態誤差に基づき上記弾性体アクチュエータの上記出力の計測値を上記出力の目標値とするように制御する弾性体アクチュエータの制御方法。 - 弾性体アクチュエータの制御装置のプログラムであって、
コンピュータを、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値と上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力を計測する出力計測手段により計測された上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値とが入力されることにより出力誤差を補償する出力誤差補償手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値より、上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態の目標値を決定する目標内部状態決定手段と、
上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の目標値及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの出力の計測値との間で誤差が生じた場合に、その誤差を小さくするように内部状態の目標補正値を決定する適応目標内部状態補正手段と、
上記出力誤差補償手段からの出力、及び上記目標内部状態決定手段から出力される内部状態の目標値、及び、上記適応目標内部状態補正手段から出力される内部状態の目標補正値、及び上記弾性体アクチュエータの内部状態を計測する内部状態計測手段からの出力が入力されることにより内部状態誤差を補償する内部状態誤差補償手段として機能させて、
上記内部状態誤差補償手段により補償された上記内部状態誤差に基づき上記弾性体アクチュエータの上記出力の計測値を上記出力の目標値とするように制御するための、弾性体アクチュエータの制御プログラム。
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