WO2015137038A1 - ロボットアーム装置、ロボットアーム制御方法及びプログラム - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a robot arm apparatus, a robot arm control method, and a program.
- a trocar for insertion guide is inserted into a patient's body, and a manipulator having a treatment tool attached to the tip is inserted into the body cavity of the patient through the lumen of the trocar to perform various treatments.
- a pressure sensor is provided on an outer peripheral wall of a trocar, and a technology is disclosed which switches between a free state in which the manipulator can freely operate and a locked state in which the manipulator is fixed according to the detection value of the pressure sensor.
- the present disclosure proposes a novel and improved robot arm device, operation determination method, and program that can further improve safety.
- the drive includes: an arm unit configured by connecting a plurality of links by a joint unit; and a drive control unit that drives the arm unit by controlling the drive of the joint unit;
- the control unit controls driving of the joint unit in a state where a predetermined restriction is provided to the movement of the arm unit, and the abnormality is determined.
- a robotic arm device is provided that drives the arm portion to avoid.
- an arm configured by connecting a plurality of links to each other by a joint, detection of an abnormality in at least one of the joints, and a predetermined restriction on movement of the arm And controlling the driving of the joint portion in a state where the arm portion is provided to drive the arm portion so as to avoid the abnormality.
- a function of detecting an abnormality of at least one of the joints in an arm configured by connecting a plurality of links to each other by the joints A program is provided which controls driving of the joint in a state where a predetermined restriction is provided to exercise, and realizes a function of driving the arm so as to avoid the abnormality.
- the arm unit when an abnormality is detected in any of the joint units constituting the arm unit, a restriction is provided to avoid the abnormality, and then the drive of the joint unit is controlled, and the arm unit is controlled. Is driven. Therefore, even if an abnormality occurs in the joint, the arm is driven to avoid the abnormality, for example, the operator and the patient may be harmed by unintended movement of the arm. Situations are avoided.
- FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram for describing an exercise purpose and a constraint condition for realizing the pivoting motion shown in FIG.
- a control method of the robot arm apparatus described in detail of each process a control method called whole body coordinated control may be applied.
- a control amount of each joint portion is calculated such that the arm portion achieves a predetermined exercise purpose, and the joint portions are cooperatively driven based on the control amount.
- the drive of the arm unit is controlled.
- a predetermined constraint condition that restricts the movement (for example, position, speed, force) of the arm may be provided. ⁇ 6.
- a robot arm apparatus mainly used for medical applications will be described as an example of a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the present embodiment is not limited to such an example, and is applicable to other fields such as industrial use.
- various medical instruments such as an imaging device and a treatment tool are attached to the tip of the arm portion, and the operation device of the patient is observed by the imaging device, or the treatment is performed.
- the usage method which performs various treatment with respect to the operation part by the tool is assumed. In this case, it is necessary to ensure the safety of both the patient and the operator who performs various operations by operating the robot arm apparatus.
- the safety for the operator is that the operator himself is not injured, such as an injury or a burn, by the drive of the robot arm device.
- the operation is interrupted due to the function of the robot arm device being interrupted and the treatment time is increased. It may also include not increasing the burden on
- the function stop means that the control at the normal time is not performed on the arm unit of the robot arm device, and the arm unit is driving different from the normal time.
- the arm unit performs an unintended movement of the operator due to, for example, an operator's erroneous operation, or any failure of hardware or software.
- the operator manipulates the arm to move the medical instrument closer to the patient, the medical instrument approaches the patient with excessive speed and force for some reason, and the medical instrument may injure the patient.
- the arm portion makes an unintended movement of the operator, the operator himself may be in danger, for example, to collide with the arm portion.
- a situation where a part of the arm does not operate normally due to a failure may be considered.
- a situation where a part of the arm does not operate normally due to a failure may be considered.
- the position and posture of the arm are fixed so as not to move from that state. And the entire arm portion is put into a state of rest, so to speak.
- the treatment has to be interrupted, which may lead to an increase in treatment time. Therefore, for example, when a failure occurs in the arm, the joint in which the failure occurs is identified, and the movement of the broken joint is fixed, and the drive of the arm is maintained by the other joints. It is required to control the drive of the arm unit to perform such an operation (a partial function stop operation).
- the selection of the above-mentioned abnormality avoidance operation, partial function stop operation and function stop operation is performed such that the function of the robot arm apparatus is maintained as much as possible, giving priority to continued treatment as it is. Is desirable. For example, when an abnormality is detected in the arm unit, as a measure that can be taken for the abnormality, if both the function stop operation and the partial function stop operation can be selected, the partial function stop operation is selected. Is preferred. Similarly, if both the partial function stop operation and the abnormality avoidance operation can be selected for the detected abnormality, it is preferable to select the abnormality avoidance operation. As a result, the drive of the robot arm device is controlled so that the treatment is continued as much as possible.
- the robot arm device is required to have the following performance from the viewpoint of safety. That is, that an abnormality avoidance operation can be performed, a partial function stop operation can be performed, a function stop operation can be safely performed, and an abnormality for determining transition to these operations It is possible to execute the detection process properly.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a robot arm control system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a robot arm control system 2 includes a robot arm device 10 and a control device 20.
- various calculations are performed by the control device 20 to drive the robot arm device 10 by the whole body cooperative control, and the drive of the arm unit 120 of the robot arm device 10 is controlled based on the calculation result.
- a tip unit 145 described later is provided in the arm unit 120 of the robot arm apparatus 10, and various treatments are performed on the patient by the tip unit 145 by controlling the driving of the arm unit 120. .
- the configurations of the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20 will be described in detail.
- the robot arm device 10 has an arm portion which is a multi-link structure configured by connecting a plurality of links by a plurality of joints.
- the robot arm device 10 controls the position and attitude of the tip unit 145 provided at the tip of the arm by driving the arm within the movable range.
- the robot arm device 10 has an arm unit 120.
- the arm unit 120 also includes a joint unit 130 and a tip unit 145.
- the arm unit 120 is a multi-link structure composed of a plurality of joint units 130 and a plurality of links, and the drive of each joint unit 130 is controlled to control the drive thereof. Note that, since the functions and configurations of the plurality of joint units 130 included in the arm unit 120 are the same as each other, FIG. 1 illustrates the configuration of one joint unit 130 as a representative of the plurality of joint units 130.
- the joint unit 130 rotatably connects links with each other in the arm unit 120, and the rotational drive of the joint unit 130 is controlled by control from a joint control unit 135 described later.
- the joint unit 130 includes a joint drive unit 131, a joint state detection unit 132, and a joint control unit 135.
- the joint unit 130 may further include a communication unit that transmits and receives various types of information to and from an external device.
- a communication unit (not shown) is provided in the control device 20, and the joint unit 130 exchanges various types of information with the control device 20 and other joint units 130 via the communication unit. It can be sent and received mutually.
- the joint drive unit 131 is a drive mechanism such as a motor that constitutes an actuator of the joint unit 130.
- the joint drive unit 131 is driven to rotate the joint unit 130.
- the drive of the joint drive unit 131 is controlled by a drive control unit 111 of a joint control unit 135 described later.
- the motor constituting the joint drive unit 131 is driven by the amount of current according to the command from the drive control unit 111.
- the joint state detection unit 132 detects the state of the joint unit 130.
- the state of the joint unit 130 may mean the driving state of the joint unit 130.
- the state of the joint unit 130 includes information such as the rotational angle, rotational angular velocity, rotational angular acceleration, generated torque, and external torque of the joint unit 130.
- the state of the joint unit 130 includes various information when the joint unit 130 is driven, for example, information such as the amount of current supplied to the motor of the actuator and the temperature around the motor, and the joint unit 130 Information such as the communication state in the communication unit for communicating with the joint unit 130 and the control device 20 may be further included.
- the joint state detection unit 132 is configured by various sensors such as an angle sensor (encoder), a torque sensor, a current sensor, and / or a temperature sensor, for example. And the external torque, the amount of current, the temperature, etc. can be detected.
- the joint state detection unit 132 transmits the detected state of the joint unit 130 to the control device 20.
- an abnormality of the joint unit 130 is detected based on the information indicating the state of the joint unit 130.
- the state (arm state) of the arm portion 120 is acquired based on the information indicating the state of the joint portion 130, and the arm portion 120 achieves the predetermined exercise purpose.
- the control amount is calculated. For example, among the information indicating the state of the joint unit 130, the amount of current supplied to the motor of the actuator, the temperature around the motor, the rotation angle of the input shaft (motor) and the output shaft, the generated torque, the external torque, Information on the communication state and the like may be mainly used for anomaly detection.
- the information mainly representing the motion of the joint unit 130 such as the rotation angle, rotational angular velocity, rotational angular acceleration, generated torque and external torque of the joint unit 130 is mainly It may be used to calculate the control amount.
- the following ⁇ 6 the following ⁇ 6. In order to explain in more detail in whole body coordinated control>, the detailed explanation is omitted here.
- the joint control unit 135 includes, for example, various processors such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls the operation of the joint unit 130. Each function of the joint control unit 135 is realized by the processor configuring the joint control unit 135 operating according to a predetermined program. In the present embodiment, the joint control unit 135 has a drive control unit 111 as its function.
- the joint control unit 135 controls the operation of the configuration provided in the joint unit 130 such as, for example, a communication control unit that controls the operation of the communication unit provided in the joint unit 130 and causes the communication unit to transmit and receive predetermined information. It may further have other functions to do.
- the drive control unit 111 controls the drive of the arm unit 120 by controlling the drive of the joint unit 130. More specifically, the drive control unit 111 controls the amount of current supplied to the joint drive unit 131 of the joint unit 130, thereby controlling the number of rotations of the motor that constitutes the joint drive unit 131, The rotation angle and the generated torque in the unit 130 are controlled. For example, when the joint unit 130 is provided with a brake mechanism that prevents the rotation thereof, the drive control unit 111 may drive the brake mechanism to stop the rotational drive of the joint unit 130.
- the drive control of the joint unit 130 by the drive control unit 111 may be performed based on the calculation result in the control device 20.
- the drive control unit 111 may independently control the drive of each joint unit 130 by so-called position control. As a result, even when communication with the control device 20 is interrupted, drive control such as fixing the rotation angle of the joint unit 130 at a predetermined value is performed in each joint unit 130, for example. An action can be realized.
- the tip unit 145 is provided at the tip of the arm unit 120, and its position and posture are controlled in accordance with the drive control of the arm unit 120.
- the tip unit 145 is a variety of medical instruments, such as an imaging device and a treatment tool.
- the tip unit 145 is an imaging device such as a camera, a microscope, or an endoscope, the usage method for imaging the patient's surgery while driving the arm unit 120 to adjust the position and posture of the imaging device is considered.
- an image of a surgical part of a patient taken by the imaging device is displayed on the display screen of the display device, and the operator observes the state of the surgical part while referring to the display screen of the display device
- Various measures can be taken against
- the tip unit 145 is a treatment tool such as a scalpel or a forceps
- various known medical instruments may be applied as the tip unit 145.
- the state in which the tip unit 145 is provided at the tip of the final stage link via the plurality of joints 130 and the plurality of links is schematically illustrated as a link between the joint 130 and the tip unit 145 It is expressed by illustration.
- the distal end unit 145 is referred to for convenience, but in the present embodiment, the portion where the distal end unit 145 is provided is not limited to the distal end of the arm portion 120.
- the tip unit 145 may be configured such that the position and posture thereof are controlled in accordance with the drive of the arm unit 120 and various treatments can be performed on the patient.
- the attachment site of may be optional.
- the control device 20 includes a storage unit 220 and a control unit 230.
- the control unit 230 is constituted by various processors such as a CPU, and integrally controls the operation of the control device 20 and performs various calculations for controlling the driving of the arm unit 120 in the robot arm apparatus 10.
- Each function of the control unit 230 is realized by the processor configuring the control unit 230 operating according to a predetermined program.
- the control unit 230 performs various calculations in the whole body cooperative control and the ideal joint control.
- the control unit 230 further has a function of detecting an abnormality in the joint unit 130 based on the detected state of the joint unit 130.
- the control unit 230 includes a whole body coordination control unit 240, an ideal joint control unit 250, an abnormality detection unit 260, and a calculation condition setting unit 242.
- the abnormality detection unit 260 detects an abnormality occurring in the joint unit 130 based on various types of information for detecting an abnormality in the joint unit 130.
- the information for detecting the abnormality of the joint unit 130 includes, for example, information about the state of the joint unit 130 detected by the joint state detection unit 132 and drive control of the joint unit 130 as described later. Information, information on the command value transmitted to the joint unit 130, information on the communication state of the joint unit 130, and the like may be included.
- the abnormality detection unit 260 has an actuator abnormality detection unit 261, a drive control abnormality detection unit 262, a command value abnormality detection unit 263, and a communication abnormality detection unit 264 as its functions.
- the actuator abnormality detection unit 261 detects an abnormality in an actuator provided to drive the joint unit 130.
- the actuator abnormality detection unit 261 includes the amount of current supplied to the motor of the actuator, the temperature around the motor, the rotation angle of the input shaft (motor) and the output shaft, and the generation included in the information indicating the state of the joint unit 130
- An abnormality in the actuator can be detected based on information such as torque and external torque.
- the drive control abnormality detection unit 262 detects an abnormality of the joint unit 130 based on the information on drive control of the joint unit 130 transmitted from the drive control unit 111. For example, in the drive control abnormality detection unit 262, although the joint unit 130 is driven although the brake mechanism is driven by the drive control unit 111, or conversely, the joint is generated although the brake mechanism is not driven. When the unit 130 is not driven, an abnormality in the joint unit 130 can be detected.
- the command value abnormality detection unit 263 detects an abnormality of the joint unit 130 based on the command value transmitted from the control device 20 to the joint unit 130.
- the command value is a value calculated by the ideal joint control unit 250, and is transmitted from the control device 20 to the drive control unit 111 of the joint unit 130 to finally control the drive of the joint unit 130.
- Control amount of For example, when the command value abnormality detection unit 263 determines that the command value transmitted to the drive control unit 111 is different from the drive of the joint unit 130 driven based on the command value, the abnormality of the joint unit 130 Can be detected.
- the communication abnormality detection unit 264 detects an abnormality of the joint unit 130 based on the communication state between the joint unit 130 and the control device 20. For example, when the communication unit of the joint unit 130 and / or the communication unit of the control device 20 do not operate normally and communication between the two is interrupted, the joint unit 130 sends the control device 20 to the control device 20. Information that is necessary for the calculation of the control amount (for example, information representing the state of the joint unit 130) may not be transmitted, or the joint unit 130 may not receive information on the control amount calculated by the control device 20 There is. Therefore, in the communication abnormality detection unit 264, for example, the joint unit where the communication unit does not operate normally and can not receive the control amount calculated by the control device 20 is a joint unit in which an abnormality occurs. It can be detected as 130.
- various types of information for detecting an abnormality of the joint unit 130 as described above is information that can be acquired for each joint unit 130. . Therefore, the abnormality detection unit 260 can detect the presence or absence of an abnormality for each joint unit 130. In addition, according to which information the abnormality detection unit 260 detects an abnormality, which component of the joint unit 130 the abnormality has occurred in, and also detects the type of the abnormality. Good.
- the abnormality detection unit 260 transmits information on the detected abnormality to the calculation condition setting unit 242.
- the abnormality detection process performed by the abnormality detection unit 260 will be described in more detail later in (5-1. Abnormality detection process).
- the functions of the abnormality detection unit 260 are divided into the actuator abnormality detection unit 261, the drive control abnormality detection unit 262, the command value abnormality detection unit 263, and the communication abnormality detection unit 264. It is divided and illustrated.
- the information on the command value to be transmitted and / or the information on the communication state between the joint unit 130 and the control device 20 may be comprehensively considered, and an abnormality in the joint unit 130 may be detected.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 sets calculation conditions in calculation of control amounts performed by the whole body coordination control unit 240 and the ideal joint control unit 250.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 sets the calculation condition according to the type of abnormality of the joint unit 130 detected by the abnormality detection unit 260.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 can determine an operation to be performed by the arm unit 120 according to the detected type of abnormality of the joint unit 130, and set the calculation condition corresponding to the operation.
- the operation performed by the arm unit 120 may be any of the above-described abnormality avoidance operation, partial function stop operation, and function stop operation.
- the storage unit 220 stores a table in which the type of abnormality, an operation that can be performed when the abnormality occurs, and an operation condition for executing the operation are associated, and the operation condition setting
- the unit 242 can determine an operation to be performed by the arm unit 120 based on the detection result of the abnormality by the abnormality detection unit 260 and the table, and can set calculation conditions according to the operation.
- the type of the abnormality and the operation may be associated so that the drive control of the arm unit 120 is continued as much as possible even when an abnormality occurs.
- the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled such that the treatment using the robot arm apparatus 10 is continued as much as possible. Become.
- the calculation condition set by the calculation condition setting unit 242 may include an exercise purpose and a constraint condition.
- the exercise purpose is various information related to the motion of the arm unit 120, and is, for example, target values such as the position and posture (coordinates), velocity, acceleration, and force of the tip unit 145 and the arm unit 120.
- the constraint condition is various information that limits (restrains) the movement of the arm unit 120, and, for example, coordinates of an area in which each component of the arm unit 120 can not move, an immovable velocity, and an acceleration And force values that can not be generated.
- operation condition setting unit 242 determines the operation determined according to the type of abnormality detected by abnormality detection unit 260.
- An internal model corresponding to may be set as the calculation condition.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 provides the information on the set calculation condition to the whole-body coordination control unit 240.
- the whole body coordination control unit 240 performs various operations related to whole body coordination control using generalized inverse dynamics. Further, the ideal joint control unit 250 performs various calculations on ideal joint control that realizes an ideal response based on a theoretical model. By controlling the drive of the robot arm device 10 based on these calculation results, the robot arm device 10 is driven by force control. In the present embodiment, the whole body coordination control unit 240 and the ideal joint control unit 250 perform various calculations based on the calculation conditions set by the calculation condition setting unit 242, whereby the abnormality detected by the abnormality detection unit 260 is detected. The control amount of each joint unit 130 is calculated such that the arm unit 120 performs the operation determined according to the type. In addition, about the process which the whole body coordination control part 240 and the ideal joint control part 250 perform, the following ⁇ 6. The whole body coordinated control will be described in detail again, and only the outline will be briefly described here.
- the whole-body coordination control unit 240 is a control amount for driving the joint unit 130 under the calculation condition set by the calculation condition setting unit 242 based on the state of the joint unit 130 detected by the joint state detection unit 132.
- the whole body coordination control unit 240 can acquire the state (arm state) of the arm unit 120 based on the state of the joint unit 130 detected by the joint state detection unit 132.
- the arm state represents geometrical parameters and mechanical parameters of the arm unit 120, and can be expressed as an internal model of the robot arm device 10.
- the whole-body coordination control unit 240 controls a control value for driving the arm unit 120 so as to achieve the exercise purpose set by the calculation condition setting unit 242 based on the arm state (for example, drive of each joint unit 130).
- a parameter (for example, a generated torque value of the joint unit 130) can be calculated in consideration of the constraint condition set by the calculation condition setting unit 242.
- the ideal joint control unit 250 corrects the control value calculated by the whole-body coordination control unit 240 in consideration of the influence of the disturbance to calculate the command value to be used finally to drive the arm unit 120.
- the command value may be a generated torque value of the joint unit 130 in which the influence of the disturbance is considered.
- the ideal joint control unit 250 transmits information on the calculated command value to the robot arm apparatus 10.
- the drive control unit 111 drives each joint unit 130 based on the command value, and in accordance with the restraint condition and exercise purpose set by the calculation condition setting unit 242, that is, the abnormality detected by the abnormality detection unit 260.
- the arm unit 120 is driven to perform the operation determined in accordance with the type.
- the storage unit 220 stores various types of information processed by the control device 20.
- the storage unit 220 can store various types of information used in computations related to whole-body coordinated control and ideal joint control performed by the control unit 230 and information on the result of the computations.
- the storage unit 220 may store the exercise purpose, the constraint condition, and the internal model used in the calculation regarding the whole body coordination control by the whole body coordination controller 240.
- the type of abnormality that can be detected in the joint unit 130, an operation that can be performed when the abnormality occurs, and an operation condition for executing the operation are associated.
- a table may be stored.
- the storage unit 220 may store various parameters related to various processes performed by the control unit 230.
- the control unit 230 can perform various processes while mutually exchanging information with the storage unit 220.
- the abnormality detection unit 260 detects the occurrence of an abnormality for each joint unit 130. Therefore, a portion of the arm 120 where an abnormality has occurred can be accurately detected.
- the operation condition setting unit 242 determines the operation of the arm unit 120 according to the type of abnormality detected by the abnormality detection unit 260, and the operation condition corresponding to the operation is set. Then, the control amount of each joint unit 130 for driving the arm unit 120 is calculated by the whole-body coordination control unit 240 and the ideal joint control unit 250 based on the calculation condition, so that it corresponds to the type of abnormality.
- the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled to perform an operation. Therefore, depending on the type of abnormality, the driving of the arm unit 120 is controlled such that the treatment using the robot arm apparatus 10 is continued as much as possible. Thus, the safety of the patient and the operator can be improved.
- the abnormality detection unit 260 is provided in the control device 20, and the process of detecting an abnormality in a joint is performed in the control device 20, but the present embodiment is not limited to this example.
- the joint control unit 135 of each joint unit 130 may have the same function as the abnormality detection unit 260, and detection of an abnormality of the joint unit 130 may be performed by the joint unit 130 itself.
- the configuration of the robot arm control system 2 is not limited to the example shown in FIG.
- each process performed in the joint control unit 135 and the control unit 230 illustrated in FIG. 1 may be performed in any of the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20, and communication with the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20 is possible. This may be performed by another information processing apparatus (not shown) connected to the system.
- the robot arm control system 2 may be configured so that each function shown in FIG. 1 can be executed, and the specific device configuration may be arbitrary.
- each component of the robot arm control system 2 may be configured using a general-purpose member or circuit, and hardware specialized for the function of each component It may be configured by Further, all functions of each component may be performed by a CPU or the like. Therefore, it is possible to change the configuration to be used as appropriate according to the technical level at which the present embodiment is implemented.
- a computer program for realizing each function of the robot arm control system 2 according to the present embodiment as described above, and to implement the computer program on a personal computer or the like.
- a computer readable recording medium in which such a computer program is stored can be provided.
- the recording medium is, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory or the like.
- the above computer program may be distributed via, for example, a network without using a recording medium.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the robot arm control system according to the present embodiment.
- the block diagram shown in FIG. 2 corresponds to the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 1, and corresponds to the one that illustrates the hardware that constitutes each functional block shown in FIG.
- FIG. 2 among the configurations shown in FIG. 1, the configuration related to abnormality detection according to the present embodiment is mainly illustrated and the other configurations are omitted for simplicity.
- FIG. 2 a configuration corresponding to the plurality of joint units 130 of the arm unit 120 of the robot arm device is illustrated.
- a multi-link structure is configured by linking the links by the joint portions 130, but illustration of the links is omitted in FIG.
- three joints 130 are illustrated in FIG. 2 as an example, the number of joints 130 is not limited to such an example, and different numbers of joints 130 exist depending on the configuration of the arm 120. You may
- the communication unit 270 is a communication interface that mutually transmits / receives various information to / from each joint unit 130 of the robot arm apparatus (more specifically, a communication unit 150 of the joint unit 130 described later).
- the communication unit 270 receives various information transmitted from each joint unit 130 for detecting an abnormality in the joint unit 130. Further, the communication unit 270 transmits information on the control amount of each joint 130 of the arm 120 calculated by the control CPU 280 to each joint 130.
- the control CPU 280 corresponds to the control unit 230 shown in FIG.
- the control CPU 280 detects an abnormality of the joint unit 130 based on various information transmitted from each joint unit 130 for detecting an abnormality of the joint unit 130. Further, the type of the detected abnormality is determined, and the operation of the arm unit 120 according to the type of the abnormality is determined. Furthermore, the calculation condition according to the determined operation of the arm unit 120 is set, and the control amount of each joint unit 130 which realizes the operation of the arm unit 120 is calculated based on the calculation condition.
- Each joint unit 130 includes a communication unit 150, a joint control CPU 160, a motor driver unit 170, and an actuator 180.
- the communication unit 150 is a communication interface that mutually transmits and receives various information between the communication unit 150 of another joint unit 130 and the communication unit 270 of the control device 20.
- the communication unit 150 transmits various types of information for detecting an abnormality of the joint unit 130 from each joint unit 130 to the control device 20. Further, the communication unit 150 receives information on the control amount of each joint unit 130 of the arm unit 120 calculated by the control CPU 280.
- the joint control CPU 160 corresponds to the joint control unit 135 shown in FIG.
- a control amount for example, a current amount
- the joint control CPU 160 is transmitted from the joint control CPU 160 to the motor driver unit 170 (this is, for example, the drive control unit shown in FIG. Corresponding to the function of 111).
- the motor driver unit 170 this is, for example, the drive control unit shown in FIG. Corresponding to the function of 111).
- Such a configuration for controlling the drive of the actuator 180 in the joint control CPU 160 will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS.
- information on detected values (for example, current amount, temperature, rotation angle, etc.) by each sensor mounted on the actuator 180 from the actuator 180 to the joint control CPU 160 that is, information indicating the state of the joint unit 130 Is sent.
- Information indicating the state of the joint unit 130 is transmitted to the control device 20 via the communication unit 150.
- the joint control CPU 160 in addition to the control amount transmitted from the control device 20, the joint control CPU 160 further detects Drive control can be performed.
- FIG. 2 shows that information about detection values by the respective sensors of the actuator 180 is transmitted from the communication unit 150 to the control device 20 via the joint control CPU 160, these detection values will be described. The above information may be transmitted directly to the control device 20 via the communication unit 150.
- the configuration of each sensor mounted on the actuator 180 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.
- the motor driver unit 170 is a driver circuit (driver IC (Integrated Circuit)) which rotationally drives the motor by supplying current to the motor of the actuator 180, and adjusts the amount of current supplied to the motor. The rotation speed can be controlled.
- the motor driver unit 170 drives the motor of the actuator 180 according to the control amount transmitted from the joint control CPU 160.
- the motor driver unit 170 may be the same as a general driver IC for driving a motor, and thus the detailed description is omitted here.
- the actuator 180 is driven according to a predetermined control amount by the joint control CPU 160 to drive the joint unit 130 at a predetermined angle and speed.
- the actuator 180 can have, for example, the configuration shown in FIG. 13 described later.
- actuator 180 is formed of a motor and a reduction gear, and the rotational speed of the motor driven according to a predetermined control amount is reduced by a reduction gear having a predetermined reduction ratio to obtain a predetermined rotational driving force (torque ) Is generated.
- the generated torque is transmitted to the subsequent member (for example, the link, the tip unit, etc.), and the subsequent member is driven.
- the actuator 180 is equipped with a sensor that detects various physical quantities related to its own drive.
- the actuator 180 is a current sensor that detects the amount of current supplied to the motor, a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the motor, an angle sensor that detects the rotation angle of the motor and the rotation angle of the output shaft of the reduction gear, the reduction gear The torque sensor etc. which detect the torque in the output shaft of these.
- These sensors correspond to, for example, the joint state detection unit 132 shown in FIG.
- the detected values by these sensors are provided to the joint control CPU 160 and the communication unit 150, and are used for drive control of the actuator 180 and abnormality detection of the joint unit 130.
- FIGS. 3 to 5 illustrate the configuration for driving the actuator 180 in the joint control CPU 160 described above (for example, the configuration corresponding to the drive control unit 111 shown in FIG. 1) in detail and drive the actuator 180.
- the exchange of information between the joint control CPU 160 and the actuator 180 is illustrated.
- the joint control CPU 160 drives each joint unit 130 based on the control amount calculated by the control device 20 shown in FIG. 1, but in the present embodiment, the control amount is a command value (torque) represented by torque. It may be any of a command value), a command value (angular velocity command value) expressed by an angular velocity, and a command value (angle command value) expressed by an angle.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for describing driving of the actuator 180 based on a torque command value.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for describing driving of the actuator 180 based on the angular velocity command value.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for describing driving of the actuator 180 based on the angle command value.
- the torque command value is input to the torque controller 161 of the joint control CPU 160.
- the torque of the output shaft of the motor 181 of the actuator 180 is detected by the torque sensor 183
- the rotation angle of the output shaft of the motor 181 is detected by the angle sensor 184.
- the torque sensor 183 and the angle sensor 184 detect the torque and the rotation angle of the output shaft of the motor 181 via the reduction gear.
- the torque controller 161 can be provided with a torque detection value detected by the torque sensor 183.
- the rotation angle detection value detected by the angle sensor 184 is provided to the angular velocity calculator 162 of the joint control CPU 160.
- the angular velocity calculator 162 calculates the rotational angular velocity at the output shaft of the motor based on the rotational angle detection value, and provides the calculated rotational angular velocity to the torque controller 161.
- the torque controller 161 can calculate the rotational angular acceleration of the output shaft, that is, the torque based on the rotational angular velocity.
- the torque controller 161 can measure the current torque based on the torque detection value detected by the torque sensor 183 and / or the rotation angle detection value detected by the angle sensor 184 along with the torque command value. May be provided. Therefore, the torque controller 161 calculates a torque control value based on the difference between the torque command value and the torque measurement value, and provides the torque control value to the current controller 163.
- the current controller 163 calculates an amount of current (current control value) for realizing the torque control value, and drives the motor 181 by the current control value.
- the current controller 163 may be provided with the detected angle value detected by the angle sensor 184, and the current controller 163 may perform current control for realizing a torque control value further based on the detected angle value. The value may be calculated.
- a current corresponding to the current control value is generated by, for example, the motor driver unit 170 shown in FIG. 2, and the current is supplied to the motor 181. , And the motor 181 may be driven.
- the current value corresponding to the output of the current controller 163 (or the output of the motor driver unit 170) is constantly monitored by the current sensor 182 of the actuator 180. For example, a current different from the target current control value is detected. In this case, the content is fed back to the current controller 163.
- FIG. 4 when an angular velocity command value is given to the joint control CPU 160 as a control amount, the angular velocity command value is input to the angular velocity controller 164 of the joint control CPU 160.
- the configuration shown in FIG. 4 corresponds to the configuration shown in FIG. 3 to which the angular velocity controller 164 is added, and thus the detailed description of the same matters will be omitted.
- the angular velocity calculator 162 calculates the rotational angular velocity at the output shaft of the motor based on the rotational angle detection value detected by the angle sensor 184, and the calculated rotational angular velocity is provided to the angular velocity controller 164. Be done. Then, the angular velocity controller 164 calculates an angular velocity control value based on the difference between the angular velocity command value and the rotational angular velocity calculated by the angular velocity calculator 162, and provides the angular velocity control value to the torque controller 161.
- the subsequent processing may be the same as the configuration shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5 when an angle command value is given to the joint control CPU 160 as a control amount, the angle command value is input to the angle controller 165 of the joint control CPU 160.
- the configuration shown in FIG. 5 corresponds to the configuration in which the angle controller 165 is added to the configuration shown in FIG.
- the rotation angle detection value detected by the angle sensor 184 is provided to the angle controller 165. Then, the angle controller 165 calculates an angle control value based on the difference between the angle command value and the rotation angle detection value, and provides the angle control value to the angular velocity controller 164.
- the subsequent processing may be similar to the configuration shown in FIG.
- the angular velocity controller 164 calculates the angular velocity at the output shaft of the motor calculated by the angular velocity calculator 162 based on the angle control value provided from the angle controller 165 and the detected rotation angle detected by the angle sensor 184, The angular velocity control value can be calculated based on the difference between Then, based on the angular velocity control value and the torque detection value detected by the torque sensor 183 and / or the current torque measurement value based on the rotation angle detection value detected by the angle sensor 184 by the torque controller 161. Torque control value is calculated. Further, the current control value is calculated by the current controller 163 based on the torque control value, and the motor 181 is driven. By the procedure described above, driving of the actuator 180 based on the angle command value is realized.
- the control amount for driving each joint unit 130 calculated by the control device 20 shown in FIG. 1 may be a torque command value or an angular velocity command value. It may be an angle command value. Even when the command value is expressed by any physical quantity, the motor 181 can be driven according to the command value by appropriately configuring the joint control CPU 160 as shown in FIGS. 3-5, for example. It becomes.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a sensor mounted on the actuator 180. As shown in FIG.
- the actuator 180 includes a motor 181, a reduction gear 185, a current sensor 182, a torque sensor 183, a motor angle sensor 184a, an output shaft angle sensor 184b, and a temperature sensor 187.
- the motor driver unit 170 and the joint control CPU 160 are also illustrated together with the components of the actuator 180 for the sake of description.
- the motor 181 is driven by supply of a predetermined current from the motor driver unit 170 under the control of the joint control CPU 160.
- the actuator 180 the amount of current supplied to the motor 181 by the motor driver unit 170 is detected by the current sensor 182. Further, the rotation angle of the motor 181 being driven is detected by the motor angle sensor 184 a, and the temperature of the motor 181 being driven is detected by the temperature sensor 187.
- a reduction gear 185 is connected to the rotation shaft of the motor 181, and the rotational speed of the motor 181 is reduced at a predetermined reduction ratio to generate a predetermined torque.
- the joint unit 130 is driven by transmitting the torque to the member at the subsequent stage.
- a torque sensor 183 and an output shaft angle sensor 184b are provided on an output shaft 186 that transmits torque from the reduction gear 185 to the member in the subsequent stage.
- the torque sensor 183 detects the torque of the output shaft 186 (that is, the torque generated by the actuator 180), and the output shaft angle sensor 184b detects the rotation angle of the output shaft 186.
- FIGS. 3-5 typically illustrate one angle sensor 184, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the rotational speed is detected for each of the motor 181 and the output shaft 186.
- Angle sensors (motor angle sensor 184a and output shaft angle sensor 184b) may be provided.
- the joint control CPU 160 can drive the actuator 180 based on these detected values.
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- FIG. The control device 20 detects an abnormality of the joint unit 130 based on these detected values.
- the specific configurations of the current sensor 182, the temperature sensor 187, the torque sensor 183, the motor angle sensor 184a, and the output shaft angle sensor 184b are not limited to specific ones.
- the well-known sensor of can be used.
- the current sensor 182 may detect the current based on the voltage drop due to the resistance, or may detect the current based on the change of the magnetic field due to the Hall element.
- the temperature sensor 187 may use a thermocouple or may use a resistance temperature detector.
- the torque sensor 183 may use various strain sensors.
- the motor angle sensor 184a and the output shaft angle sensor 184b may be various rotary encoders.
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing procedure of the robot arm control method according to the present embodiment.
- Each process shown in FIG. 7 can be realized, for example, by the functional configuration of the robot arm control system 2 shown in FIG.
- the robot arm control method described here relates to a series of processing procedures when an abnormality is detected in driving of the arm unit 120.
- a more detailed control method when controlling the drive of the arm unit 120, such as calculation of a control amount, will be described later with reference to FIG.
- step S101 it is determined whether or not an abnormality is detected in the joint unit 130 while driving the arm unit 120 (step S101).
- an abnormality detection process may be performed on each of the joint units 130 configuring the arm unit 120, and it may be detected together in which joint unit 130 an abnormality occurs.
- the process shown in step S101 may be, for example, a process in which the abnormality detection unit 260 shown in FIG. 1 detects an abnormality in the joint unit 130 based on various information for detecting an abnormality in the joint unit 130. .
- the normal operation is continued in the arm unit 120 as it is (step S103).
- the normal operation is a state in which the driving of the arm unit 120 is normally controlled, and for example, the power assist operation and the pivot operation described in the following (6-2-5. Specific example of exercise purpose)
- a variety of procedures may be performed on the patient by the tip unit 145.
- the joint unit 130 is driven to cancel the gravity acting on the arm unit 120, and the joint unit 130 is driven to support the movement of the arm unit 120 in the direction of the force further applied from the outside.
- an exercise purpose is set, and the drive of the joint unit 130 is controlled based on the exercise purpose. By performing such control, the operator can operate the arm unit 120 as if being under weightlessness.
- the tip unit 145 moves on the surface of the cone with the predetermined point at the top, with the direction of the tip unit 145 fixed at the predetermined point in space.
- a constraint condition is set, and the drive of the joint unit 130 is controlled based on the constraint condition. For example, by providing an imaging device as the tip unit 145 and performing such control, it becomes possible to observe the same point (for example, a surgical site) from different directions and different distances. Further, in the pivoting operation, the distance between a predetermined point (pivot center point) on the space which is the center of the pivoting operation and the tip unit 145 may be kept constant.
- the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled so that the tip unit 145 (for example, the imaging device) moves on a hemisphere centered on the pivot center point, with the tip unit 145 facing the pivot center point. It becomes easy to observe a given point from all directions. Also, a power assist operation and a pivot operation may be used in combination.
- step S101 If an abnormality is detected in step S101, the process proceeds to step S105.
- step S105 in accordance with the type of the detected abnormality, it is determined whether the abnormality is an abnormality that can be avoided by the abnormality avoidance operation.
- step S107 the abnormality avoiding operation is performed (step S107).
- the drive of the joint unit 130 is controlled in a state in which the movement of the arm unit 120 is provided with a predetermined restriction, and the arm unit 120 is driven so as to avoid an abnormality.
- the predetermined restriction may be, for example, not causing each joint unit 130 to generate a torque equal to or more than a predetermined value, or not rotating each joint unit 130 for a predetermined angle or the like.
- step S105 If it is determined in step S105 that the abnormality is not an avoidable abnormality, the process proceeds to step S109.
- step S109 in accordance with the type of the detected abnormality, it is determined whether the abnormality is an abnormality that allows the function of the arm unit 120 to be continued.
- step S111 If it is determined in step S109 that the function of the arm unit 120 can be continued, a partial function stop operation is performed (step S111).
- the partial function stop operation the driving of the other joints 130 other than the joint 130 in which the abnormality is detected is controlled, and the arm 120 is driven with the degree of freedom lower than the original degree of freedom.
- step S113 the function stop operation is performed.
- the function stop operation the function of the arm unit 120 is safely stopped so that the arm unit 120 does not move unintendedly to harm the operator and the patient.
- the motions of all the joint units 130 constituting the arm unit 120 are fixed.
- any one of the abnormality avoiding operation, the partial function stopping operation, and the function stopping operation is executed according to the type of the abnormality. Is selected.
- the abnormality avoiding operation is performed, the driving of the arm unit 120 is continued in the state in which the abnormality is avoided.
- the partial function stop operation is performed, the driving of the arm unit 120 is continued with the partial function of the arm unit 120 stopped. Therefore, even when an abnormality is detected, it is possible to continue the treatment using the arm unit 120, and the safety for the patient can be further improved.
- the function stop operation is performed so that the operator and the patient are not harmed. The function of the arm unit 120 is safely stopped.
- steps S105 and S109 described above are based on, for example, the type of the abnormality and the abnormality based on the abnormality of the joint unit 130 detected by the abnormality detection unit 260 by the calculation condition setting unit 242 illustrated in FIG. It may be a process in which the operation of the arm unit 120 is determined according to the type of the subject. Further, in the processing shown in steps S107 and S111, for example, the calculation condition setting of the control amount which causes the arm unit 120 to perform the abnormality avoiding operation and the partial function stopping operation is set by the calculation condition setting unit 242 shown in FIG.
- the drive control unit 111 may control the drive of each joint unit 130 based on the control amount calculated under the calculation condition by the whole-body coordination control unit 240 and the ideal joint control unit 250. Further, the process shown in step S113 may be, for example, a process in which the drive control unit 111 shown in FIG. 1 controls the drive of each joint unit 130 by position control.
- steps S101, S105, and S109 which one of the abnormality avoidance operation, the partial function stop operation, and the function stop operation is to be executed is selected in stages, for the sake of description. Although the actual processing may not be judged stepwise in this way. For example, the above ⁇ 2.
- Functional Configuration of Robot Arm Control System> As described above, a table is created in which the type of abnormality and the action that can be performed when the abnormality occurs are associated, and any action is generated based on the table. It may be determined whether to execute.
- abnormality detection processing As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 and 6, in the present embodiment, based on detection values by various sensors provided in the actuator 180 (that is, the state of the joint unit 130 detected by the joint state detection unit 132). Thus, an abnormality in each joint 130 can be detected.
- a current sensor 182 a torque sensor 183, a motor angle sensor 184a, an output shaft angle sensor 184b, and a temperature sensor 187 are provided.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure in abnormality detection processing based on angular velocity.
- the angular velocity of the motor 181 or the output shaft 186 may be calculated, for example, by the angular velocity calculator 162 shown in FIGS. 3 to 6 based on the detected value of the rotation angle by the motor angle sensor 184a or the output shaft angle sensor 184b.
- each process illustrated in FIG. 8 may be executed by, for example, the abnormality detection unit 260 illustrated in FIG.
- step S201 it is determined whether the detected angular velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold (first threshold) (step S201).
- first threshold value a value that can not normally be detected as an angular velocity may be appropriately set based on an internal model or the like used for drive control of the arm unit 120. Also, the detection of the angular velocity may be performed as needed at a predetermined timing. If it is determined that the detected angular velocity does not exceed the first threshold, detection of the angular velocity at a predetermined timing is continued. On the other hand, when it is determined that the detected angular velocity exceeds the first threshold, the process proceeds to step S203.
- step S203 measurement of a time during which the detected angular velocity exceeds the first threshold (threshold overtime) is started. Also during measurement of the over-threshold time, the angular velocity is detected as needed, and it is determined as needed whether the detected angular velocity is less than or equal to the first threshold (step S205). If it is determined in step S205 that the detected angular velocity has become equal to or less than the first threshold before the over-threshold time exceeds the predetermined threshold (second threshold). It can be determined that it is a temporary event that the angular velocity indicates an abnormal value larger than the first threshold. Therefore, the measurement of the threshold excess time is ended (step S207), the process returns to step S201, and the detection of the angular velocity is continued.
- step S205 determines whether the over-threshold time exceeds the second threshold value (in step S205). Step S209). If it is determined that the over-threshold time does not exceed the second threshold, the process returns to step S205 to compare the detected angular velocity with the first threshold and the over-threshold time. The comparison with the second threshold is repeated.
- step S209 when it is determined that the over-threshold time exceeds the second threshold, the time during which the angular velocity indicates an abnormal value larger than the first threshold continues for a predetermined time or more Means. Therefore, it is determined that the detected value of the angular velocity is abnormal (step S211), and it is determined that an abnormality occurs in the joint unit 130.
- the process procedure of the abnormality detection process based on the angular velocity of the motor 181 or the output shaft 186 has been described above with reference to FIG. 8 as an example of the abnormality detection process.
- the processing procedure of abnormality detection processing based on the detected value of angular velocity has been described as an example, but other detected values, for example, detected values such as rotation angle, angular acceleration, torque, current, temperature, etc. Even in the same way, it is possible to detect an abnormality.
- the joint unit 130 in which the detection value is detected is abnormal. It may be judged that.
- the abnormality of the joint unit 130 may be detected by a method other than the processing procedure described above.
- the abnormality detection unit 260 can detect an abnormality based on the following method.
- an abnormality is detected at the moment when the detected value exceeds a predetermined threshold. It is also good. In such a case, the arm unit 120 may move at an excessive speed, or the arm unit 120 may exert an excessive force on the patient.
- a strain gauge may be provided on the link of the arm unit 120, and an abnormality may be detected in combination with a value detected by the strain gauge. This is because the detected value by the strain gauge can be an index indicating the pressing force applied to an external object such as the operator and the patient when the arm unit 120 contacts.
- the abnormality avoiding operation can be suitably performed.
- an exercise purpose and / or a constraint condition such that the speed or force is equal to or less than a predetermined value is set as a calculation condition, and the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled so as not to generate excessive speed and force. Be done.
- the abnormality may be detected by determining whether or not the drive control of the joint unit 130 is stable based on the detected value of the torque by the torque sensor 183. Specifically, frequency analysis is performed on the detected torque value using, for example, fast Fourier transform (FFT), and an abnormal frequency component is detected from the result of the frequency analysis, an abnormality is detected. You may This is because when an abnormal frequency component is detected from the detected torque value, it is indicated that the control is not stable and there is a possibility of oscillation.
- FFT fast Fourier transform
- the abnormality for example, calculation conditions are set such that the calculation of the control amount is performed with a lower gain, and the abnormality avoiding operation in which the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled in a more stable control system is performed. It can be done.
- a partial function stop operation may be performed in which the arm unit 120 is driven by another joint unit 130 other than the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected.
- the abnormality of the joint unit 130 may be detected based on the detected value of the rotation angle of the motor 181 and / or the output shaft 186 by the motor angle sensor 184a and / or the output shaft angle sensor 184b.
- the detection value by the motor angle sensor 184a and the detection value by the output shaft angle sensor 184b should be in a proportional relationship via the reduction gear ratio of the reduction gear 185. Therefore, when the proportional relationship between the detection value by the motor angle sensor 184a and the detection value by the output shaft angle sensor 184b is broken, any of the motor 181, the reduction gear 185, the motor angle sensor 184a and the output shaft angle sensor 184b. There is a possibility that a problem has occurred.
- the motor 181 does not change the detected value by the motor angle sensor 184a. Or the motor angle sensor 184a may be broken.
- the motor 181 does not change the value detected by the output shaft angle sensor 184b.
- the reduction gear 185 and the output shaft angle sensor 184b is broken.
- a partial function stop operation may be performed in which the arm unit 120 is driven by another joint unit 130 other than the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected.
- the abnormality of the joint unit 130 may be detected based on the detection value of the current supplied to the motor 181 by the current sensor 182. For example, when the overcurrent is detected by the current sensor 182, if the motor 181 is broken (shorted) or the control is unstable, the overcurrent flows and the overcurrent continues to be applied. The motor 181 may be broken. Further, if a large deviation occurs between the amount of current given as the command value and the detected value of the current by the current sensor 182, a failure of the motor driver unit 170 is suspected. If it is difficult to normally drive the motor 181 when an abnormality based on the detected value of the current is detected as an abnormality of the joint unit 130, desired drive control should be performed on the joint unit 130. Is considered difficult. Therefore, when such an abnormality is detected, a partial function stop operation may be performed in which the arm unit 120 is driven by another joint unit 130 other than the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected.
- the abnormality of the joint unit 130 may be detected based on the detection value of the temperature around the motor 181 by the temperature sensor 187. For example, when the temperature around the motor 181 is much higher than that of other configurations around the motor driver unit 170 and the like, the temperature sensor 187 or the motor 181 may be broken. If an abnormality based on such a detected temperature value is detected as an abnormality of the joint 130, the motor 181 may perform an abnormal operation, so an abnormality is detected from the viewpoint of safety. It is desirable for the joint 130 to stop driving. Therefore, when such an abnormality is detected, a partial function stop operation may be performed in which the arm unit 120 is driven by another joint unit 130 other than the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected.
- an abnormality of the joint unit 130 may be detected based on the communication state of the communication unit 150. For example, when the communication by the communication unit 150 is stopped due to any cause, the joint unit 130 can not receive information on the control amount calculated by the control device 20. As a result, drive control based on whole-body coordinated control can not be performed. Therefore, when such an abnormality is detected, a function stop operation of stopping the operation of the arm unit 120 may be performed.
- the joint unit 130 may be provided with a brake mechanism for stopping the driving of the motor 181.
- the brake mechanism may control the rotation angle of the motor 181 in a controlled manner, may mechanically stop the driving of the motor 181, or may electrically drive the motor driver unit 170. It may cut off the supply of current to the motor 181. For example, when the detected value of either the motor angle sensor 184a or the output shaft angle sensor 184b changes although the brake mechanism is operated, the brake mechanism is broken and the brake is applied. There may not be a situation occurring.
- the types of abnormalities that can be detected in the present embodiment have been illustrated.
- the abnormality detection process according to the present embodiment is not limited to the above-described example, and various types of information for detecting an abnormality (for example, detection values by each sensor of the actuator 180 (a joint detected by the joint state detection unit 132) Other abnormality based on the information on the state of the unit 130, the information on drive control of the joint unit 130, the information on the command value transmitted to the joint unit 130, the information on the communication state of the joint unit 130, etc. May be detected.
- the transition to these operations is merely an example, and the correspondence between each abnormality and the operation Is not necessarily limited to those described above.
- it is appropriately set whether to shift to which operation when each abnormality is detected. May be done.
- the abnormality detection processing according to the present embodiment has been described above.
- an abnormality is detected for each joint unit 130 based on various types of information for detecting an abnormality. Therefore, it is possible to identify the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality has occurred, and to execute an operation using the joint unit 130 other than the joint unit 130 where the abnormality is detected, such as a partial function stop operation. Become. Further, in the present embodiment, it is possible to detect which component of the joint unit 130 is broken according to what information is used to detect an abnormality. Therefore, for example, it is possible to select an operation to be performed by the arm unit 120 according to the component in which the failure is detected.
- transition to the function stop operation may be performed.
- the type of abnormality can be determined in detail, and the operation to be performed by the arm unit 120 can be performed. It becomes possible to select more appropriately.
- the abnormality avoiding operation the drive of the joint unit 130 is controlled in a state where a predetermined restriction is provided for the movement of the arm unit 120, and the arm unit 120 is driven to avoid the abnormality.
- the predetermined restriction may be restriction such that the arm unit 120 is driven to avoid the detected abnormality.
- the predetermined limitation may be a numerical limitation on the torque (generated torque and external torque) at each joint 130 of the arm 120 and the rotational angle, rotational angular velocity, and rotational angular acceleration of each joint 130. This prevents, for example, the arm unit 120 and the tip unit 145 from colliding with the operator or the patient with excessive force and speed.
- FIGS. 9 and 10 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the abnormality avoiding operation based on the torque in the joint unit 130.
- FIG. 9 and 10 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the abnormality avoiding operation based on the torque in the joint unit 130.
- FIG. 9 illustrates how a predetermined treatment is performed on the patient 320 by the arm unit 310 of the robot arm device.
- a plurality of links 312a to 312f are connected to each other by a plurality of joint units 311a to 311f.
- the arm unit 310 can be driven by controlling the rotational drive of each of the joint portions 311a to 311f.
- a distal end unit 313 is provided at the distal end of the arm unit 310, and various treatments are performed on the patient 320 by the distal end unit 313.
- the tip unit 313 is an endoscope, which is inserted into the body cavity of the patient 320, observes the condition of the affected area in the body cavity, or performs various treatments on the affected area. Can.
- the tip unit 313 has come in contact with the body (for example, an organ or the like) of the patient 320, for example, due to an erroneous operation by the operator. Due to the contact, the tip unit 313 is loaded with a reaction force F from the body of the patient 320 (that is, a pressing force F is generated in the tip unit 313), and the reaction force F is loaded. Torques ⁇ 1 to ⁇ 6 are loaded to the joint portions 311 a to 311 f.
- a torque sensor is provided in each of the joints 311a to 311f, and an external torque loaded on each of the joints 311a to 311f can be detected by the torque sensor.
- each joint 311 a-311 f may be controlled so as not to be performed.
- the pressing force F by the tip unit 313 a value that does not reach the patient 320 is set as the exercise purpose.
- no force more than the value set in the tip unit 313 is generated.
- the external force F can be calculated based on the torques ⁇ 1 to ⁇ 6 of the joint portions 311 a to 311 f.
- the torques ⁇ 1 to ⁇ 6 of the joint portions 311 a to 311 f are controlled so that the pressing force F by the tip unit 313 does not become equal to or more than the set value. Become. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when a torque value that can make the pressing force F equal to or greater than the set value is detected as the torques ⁇ 1 to ⁇ 6 , an abnormality is detected, and generation of such torque is prevented.
- An abnormality avoidance operation can be performed by controlling the drive of each joint 311a-311f. Even when the tip unit 313 contacts an organ or the like of the patient 320 by performing the abnormality avoiding operation, the operation can be continued more safely without the organ being compressed by an excessive force. Is possible.
- a different value may be set for each direction in which the force acts. For example, by setting a smaller value as the upper limit value of the force acting in the movement direction of the arm unit 310, the danger that may occur to the patient can be more appropriately avoided.
- the arm unit 120 is moved in a state where the operator holds the tip unit 313.
- the tip unit 313 is in contact with the body of the patient 320 (e.g., an organ, etc.)
- a strain sensor for detecting a force (stress) at any part of the tip unit 313 closer to the tip than the part held by the operator.
- the strain sensor can directly measure the reaction force F 2 from the body of the patient 320 (ie, the pressing force F 2 of the tip unit 313).
- a strain sensor may be provided at a portion of the tip unit 313 held by the operator. By the strain sensor can measure the pressing force F 1 by the operator directly.
- the abnormality avoiding operation based on the torque in the joint portions 311a to 311f has been described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
- the example described above describes the abnormality avoiding operation in which the pressing force on the patient 320 by the tip unit 313 is limited to a predetermined value or less, more generally, the arm 310 (including the tip unit 313) contacts
- the abnormality avoiding operation may be performed on the pressing force applied to the external object. That is, in the present embodiment, the abnormality of the joint portions 311a to 311f is detected based on the torque generated in the joint portions 311a to 311f according to the pressing force applied to the external object when the arm portion 310 contacts.
- the driving of the joint portions 311a to 311f is controlled, and the arm portion 310 is driven.
- An anomaly avoidance operation may be performed.
- the limitation of the pressing force is realized by limiting the torque at the joint portions 311a to 311f.
- the abnormality avoiding operation may be performed by a method other than the method described above.
- the following abnormality avoidance operation can be performed.
- the abnormality avoiding operation may be performed by limiting the rotation angles of the joint portions 311a to 311f to a predetermined range.
- the abnormality avoiding operation for example, when an abnormality of the joint portions 311a to 311f is detected based on the rotation angles of the joint portions 311a to 311f and the abnormality is detected, the rotation of the arm portion 310 is In a state where the angle is limited to a predetermined range, the driving of the joint portions 311a to 311f is controlled, and the arm portion 310 is driven.
- the abnormality avoiding operation may be performed by limiting the rotational angular velocity of the joint portions 311a to 311f within a predetermined range.
- the abnormality avoiding operation for example, when an abnormality in the joint portions 311a to 311f is detected based on the rotational angular velocity of the joint portions 311a to 311f and the abnormality is detected, the rotation relative to the movement of the arm portion 310 is performed. In a state where the angular velocity is limited to a predetermined range, the drive of the joint portions 311a to 311f is controlled, and the arm portion 310 is driven.
- the rotational angular velocity may be limited to zero.
- the joints 311a to 311f can only rotate at a very slow speed, thereby further reducing the risk of the arm 310 colliding with the operator or the patient. It becomes.
- the arm unit 310 generates a force of a predetermined value or more, or a predetermined value or more, based on the torque, the rotation angle, the rotation angular velocity, etc. of the joints 311a to 311f. In order not to exercise at the speed of, the abnormal avoidance operation is performed. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the risk of the arm unit 310 colliding with the patient and the operator.
- the abnormality avoiding operation based on the torque, the rotation angle, and the rotation angular velocity in the joint portions 311a to 311f has been described, but the present embodiment is not limited to such an example.
- the abnormality avoiding operation may be performed based on other physical quantities that can represent the motion of the arm unit 310, such as rotational angular acceleration in the joint units 311a to 311f.
- conditions under which the torques, angles and angular velocities at the joint portions 311a to 311f become the predetermined values or less are provided as the conditions imposed on the motion of the arm portion 310. Is not limited to such an example. Whether or not the value including the boundary is included may be arbitrary, and the condition may be such a condition that the torque, the angle and the angular velocity at the joint portions 311a to 311f become "smaller than a predetermined value".
- the movement of the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected is fixed so as not to rotate from a predetermined angle.
- Fixation of the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected may be realized by controllably fixing the rotation angle, or may be realized by a mechanical brake mechanism that stops the driving of the motor. It may be realized by an electrical mechanism that shuts off the current supplied to the motor.
- the rotation angle may be controlled to a predetermined value for each joint unit 130, so the control is performed as so-called force control by whole body cooperative control.
- the position control may be performed by the drive control unit 111 of the joint control unit 135 provided in each joint unit 130.
- the drive control unit 111 can be controlled every 130, such control of the joint 130 by the drive control unit 111 can be suitably performed.
- the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected may not necessarily be fixed.
- the drive control unit 111 of the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected makes the viscosity of the joint unit 130 larger than that of the other joint units 130, whereby the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected is autonomous.
- the movement is fixed, but when an external force equal to or greater than a predetermined value is loaded, control is performed such that the position (angle) to be fixed is changed according to the external force. It is also good.
- control can be suitably performed, for example, when an abnormality occurs in the communication between the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20 as described above, and full-body coordinated control can not be performed.
- the joint unit 130 in which the control is performed is in a substantially fixed state, so to speak.
- the control of the viscosity coefficient as described above may be realized, for example, by adjusting the amount of current supplied to the motor of the joint unit 130 by the drive control unit 111.
- By performing such control even the joint unit 130 in which an abnormality is detected and the movement is fixed autonomously can change its rotation angle as needed, for example, It is also possible for a person to continue the treatment while moving the arm unit 120 directly.
- the drive control unit 111 may stop the control of the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected.
- the joint unit 130 whose control has been stopped is difficult to rotate because the viscosity coefficient is larger (the reaction force is larger) than the other joint units 130, but the joint unit 130 freely rotates in response to an external force equal to or more than a predetermined value. It can act as one rotation part and can be regarded as being in a substantially fixed state.
- the joint 130 in which an abnormality is detected is fixed or substantially fixed, and the degree of freedom of the joint 130 other than the fixed or substantially fixed joint 130 is
- the driving of the arm unit 120 is controlled by using it.
- a constraint condition that the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected is fixed or substantially fixed is set by the calculation condition setting unit 242, and based on the constraint condition, the whole body cooperative control is performed.
- the driving of the other joint unit 130 may be controlled by performing such calculation. For example, when the arm unit 120 has the required degree of freedom (for example, six degrees of freedom) to perform a desired operation, the constraint conditions as described above are imposed and the degree of freedom is reduced.
- the position and posture of the arm unit 120 may be limited.
- the position and orientation of the arm unit 120 can be controlled as much as possible using the remaining degrees of freedom.
- treatment can be continued, and interruption of treatment or increase in treatment time can prevent the patient from being at risk.
- one of the above-described process for fixing the joint unit 130 and the process for substantially fixing the joint unit 130 to each of the joint units 130 in which the abnormality is detected For example, it may be appropriately selected and executed according to the type of failure and the like.
- one joint unit 130 is controllably fixed by the method described above according to the type of the failure, and the other joint units 130 are The control may be substantially fixed, and the other joints 130 may be substantially fixed by stopping control of the actuator in the above-described manner.
- the process performed on the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected may be different for each joint unit 130. For example, according to the type of failure and the like It may be selected appropriately for each joint portion 130.
- the arm unit 120 may have redundant degrees of freedom.
- the partial function stop operation according to the present embodiment may be suitably applied to the arm unit 120 having redundant degrees of freedom.
- the degree of freedom required for the arm unit 120 to perform a desired operation is N degrees of freedom (N is any positive number).
- N is any positive number.
- the arm unit 120 in order to arbitrarily control the position and posture of the arm unit 120 in a three-dimensional space, it is basically required that the arm unit 120 have six or more degrees of freedom.
- the arm unit 120 has more than N degrees of freedom (for example, N + 1 degrees of freedom), it can be said that the arm unit 120 has redundant degrees of freedom.
- the arm unit 120 having redundant degrees of freedom a part of the function stopping operation is performed, and even if the degree of freedom is lowered, a desired one is obtained by the joints 130 other than the joint 130 where the abnormality is detected.
- the degree of freedom of N degrees or more which is the degree of freedom is secured.
- drive control of the arm unit 120 is continued in a state where a desired degree of freedom is secured. As a result, safer continuation of the treatment becomes possible.
- the internal model may be switched by the calculation condition setting unit 242.
- the arm unit 120 having redundant degrees of freedom normally, by virtually fixing the movement of a predetermined joint unit 130, it has virtually the minimum required degree of freedom (for example, N degrees of freedom)
- the drive control may be performed after being regarded as the arm unit 120.
- the position of the fixed joint unit 130 may change, so the internal model may also change. Therefore, for example, a plurality of internal models corresponding to the case where each joint unit 130 is fixed are prepared in advance, and an appropriate internal model is selected according to the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected. A stalling operation may be performed.
- the partial function stop operation according to the present embodiment has been described above.
- driving of the joint units 130 other than the joint unit 130 in which the abnormality is detected is controlled.
- driving of the arm unit 120 is performed with the degree of freedom lowered.
- the driving of the arm unit 120 is continued as much as possible using the remaining degrees of freedom.
- the procedure can be continued and the risk to the patient can be reduced.
- the arm unit 120 may have redundant degrees of freedom.
- the arm unit 120 is originally required to perform a desired operation even if the degree of freedom decreases.
- the driving of the arm unit 120 can be continued more stably because only freedom can be secured. Therefore, safer continuation of treatment is possible.
- the motions of all the joint units 130 constituting the arm unit 120 may be fixed.
- the rotation angles of all the joint units 130 constituting the arm unit 120 are fixed at a predetermined angle (for example, an angle at the moment when the function stop operation is performed).
- a predetermined angle for example, an angle at the moment when the function stop operation is performed.
- Fixation of each joint portion 130 may be realized by controllably fixing the rotation angle, may be realized by a mechanical brake mechanism that stops driving of the motor, or may be supplied to the motor. May be realized by an electrical mechanism that interrupts the current flow. Further, in the same manner as the fixation of the joint unit 130 described in the above (5-3. Partial function stopping operation), when the joint unit 130 is controlled in a controlled manner, the control is provided to each joint unit 130 The position control may be performed by the drive control unit 111 of the joint control unit 135. For example, when an abnormality occurs in the communication units 150 and 270 and the communication between the control device 20 and the robot arm device 10 is interrupted, each joint unit 130 receives the control value calculated by the control device 20. Therefore, such control for fixing the angle for each joint unit 130 can be suitably performed by the joint control unit 135.
- joint unit 130 when the joint unit 130 is fixed in a controlled manner, its rotation is fixed autonomously, but, for example, when an external force equal to or more than a predetermined value is loaded, it rotates according to the external force. Control may be performed such that the fixed position (angle) is changed. By performing such control, it is possible to change the rotation angle of the fixed joint unit 130 as necessary even when the joint unit 130 is fixed. For example, while the operator directly moves the arm unit 120 It will also be possible to continue the treatment.
- the robot arm device 10 may further include a power storage device such as a battery.
- a power storage device such as a battery.
- the joint portion 130 be fixed by the mechanical brake mechanism in the case where an abnormality such as the interruption of the power supply occurs.
- the motor of each joint unit 130 can not be driven to maintain the position and posture of the arm unit 120, so that the arm unit when each joint unit 130 is mechanically fixed.
- the robot arm apparatus 10 may be provided with a counterbalance for supporting the arm unit 120.
- the function stop operation according to the present embodiment has been described above.
- the motions of all the joint units 130 that constitute the arm unit 120 are fixed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the operator and the patient from being in danger by unintended movement of the arm unit 120 simultaneously with, for example, a malfunction.
- the fixation of the joint unit 130 may be performed by position control by the joint control unit 135 for each joint unit 130.
- the rotation of each joint unit 130 is autonomously fixed, but, for example, when an external force equal to or greater than a predetermined value is loaded, the position (angle) at which it rotates and is fixed according to the external force. Since it is possible to perform control such that is changed, it is possible for the operator to continue the treatment while directly moving the arm unit 120, thereby further improving the safety of the patient.
- the occurrence of an abnormality and the type of the abnormality can be accurately detected for each joint unit 130. Further, according to the type of the abnormality, any operation of the abnormality avoiding operation, the partial function stopping operation and the function stopping operation is performed so that the driving of the arm unit 120 is continued as much as possible while securing the safety. The choice is made. Thus, according to the present embodiment, the above ⁇ 1.
- position control and force control are known as a control method of the robot apparatus and each joint.
- position control for example, a command value such as an angle is given to an actuator of the joint unit, and drive of the joint unit is controlled to follow the command value.
- force control a target value of force to be applied to the work target is given as the entire robot apparatus, and drive of the joint (for example, torque generated by the joint) is controlled to realize the force indicated by the target value. Be done.
- position control is sometimes referred to as "hard control” because it is difficult to respond flexibly to external forces, and it performs tasks while performing physical interactions with various external worlds (for example, human-physical interaction).
- force control is a control method that is particularly suitable for a robot device that performs physical interaction, because it can realize "soft control” in force order while the system configuration becomes complicated, and a control method with better usability. It can be said.
- a balance type arm (support arm) provided with various medical units (tip unit) at the tip of the arm part Attempts have been made to use
- various imaging devices having an imaging function such as a microscope, an endoscope, and a camera are provided at the tip of the arm portion of the balance type arm, and a practitioner (user) observes an image of a surgical site photographed by the imaging device. The method of doing various treatment is proposed.
- the balance type arm needs to have a counter balance weight (also referred to as a counter weight or a balancer) to balance the force when moving the arm portion, the device tends to be large. is there. From the viewpoint of securing a working space at the time of treatment, further miniaturization of the device used for the treatment is required, and it is difficult to meet such a requirement with a commonly proposed balance type arm Met.
- a counter balance weight also referred to as a counter weight or a balancer
- a medical robot arm apparatus whose drive is controlled by position control has also been proposed as an apparatus replacing the balance type arm.
- the position and orientation of the imaging unit provided as an arm unit and a tip unit by the user are more intuitively controlled. Higher operability was required.
- the robot arm device capable of performing drive control of an arm portion with higher stability and higher operability.
- the robot arm device has the above-mentioned ⁇ 1.
- the following performances are required.
- FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for describing an application example when the robot arm device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is used for medical use.
- FIG. 11 schematically shows the state of treatment using the robot arm apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- a doctor who is a practitioner (user) 520 uses a surgical instrument 521 such as a scalpel, forceps, forceps, etc. to operate on the treatment table 530 (patient).
- a surgical instrument 521 such as a scalpel, forceps, forceps, etc.
- the term "treatment” is a generic term for various medical treatments such as surgery and examination, which the doctor who is the user 520 performs on the patient who is the treatment target 540.
- the operation is illustrated as an example of the operation, but the operation using the robot arm device 510 is not limited to the operation, and various other operations such as an endoscope may be used. It may be an examination etc.
- a robot arm apparatus 510 is provided beside the treatment table 530.
- the robot arm device 510 includes a base portion 511 which is a base and an arm portion 512 extending from the base portion 511.
- the arm unit 512 includes a plurality of joints 513 a, 513 b, and 513 c, a plurality of links 514 a and 514 b connected by the joints 513 a and 513 b, and an imaging unit 515 provided at the tip of the arm 512.
- the arm 512 has three joints 513a to 513c and two links 514a and 514b, but in actuality, the positions of the arm 512 and the imaging unit 515, and
- the number and shape of the joints 513a to 513c and the links 514a and 514b, the direction of the drive shaft of the joints 513a to 513c, and the like may be appropriately set so as to realize the desired degree of freedom in consideration of the degree of freedom of the posture. .
- the joint units 513a to 513c have a function of rotatably connecting the links 514a and 514b to each other, and the drive of the arm unit 512 is controlled by driving the rotation of the joint units 513a to 513c.
- the position of each component of the robot arm device 510 means the position (coordinates) in a space defined for drive control
- the posture of each component is a drive. It means the orientation (angle) with respect to any axis in the space defined for control.
- driving (or drive control) of the arm unit 512 means driving (or drive control) of the joints 513a to 513c and driving (or drive control) of the joints 513a to 513c. It means that the position and posture of each component of the arm unit 512 are changed (change is controlled).
- an imaging unit 515 is provided at the tip of an arm 512 as an example of the tip unit.
- the imaging unit 515 is a unit that acquires an image to be captured (captured image), and is, for example, a camera that can capture a moving image or a still image.
- the robot arm apparatus 510 shoots the posture and position of the arm unit 512 and the imaging unit 515 so that the imaging unit 515 provided at the tip of the arm unit 512 captures an image of the treatment site of the operation target 540. Is controlled.
- the tip unit provided at the tip of the arm unit 512 is not limited to the imaging unit 515, and may be various medical instruments.
- the robot arm apparatus 510 is a medical robot arm apparatus provided with a medical instrument.
- a stereo camera having two imaging units may be provided at the tip of the arm unit 512, and imaging may be performed so as to display an imaging target as a three-dimensional image (3D image).
- a robot arm device 510 provided with an imaging unit 515 for photographing a treatment site and a camera unit such as the stereo camera as a tip unit is also referred to as a robot arm device for a video microscope.
- a display device 550 such as a monitor or a display is installed.
- the photographed image of the treatment site photographed by the imaging unit 515 is displayed on the display screen of the display device 550.
- the user 520 performs various treatments while viewing the photographed image of the treatment site displayed on the display screen of the display device 550.
- the robot arm device 510 is required to have the following performance, for example.
- the robot arm device 510 is required to secure a work space in surgery. While the user 520 is performing various treatments on the treatment target 540, if the arm unit 512 or the imaging unit 515 obstructs the view of the practitioner or the movement of the hand performing the treatment, the efficiency of the surgery Leading to a decrease in Also, although not shown in FIG. 11, at an actual operation site, a plurality of other doctors who perform various support tasks such as handing the tool to the user 520 and confirming various vital signs of the patient 540 Since a nurse or the like is generally present around the user 520 and the patient 540, and there are other devices and the like for performing the support work, the surgical environment is complicated. Therefore, it is desirable that the robot arm device 510 be smaller.
- the robot arm device 510 is required to have high operability when moving the imaging unit 515.
- the user 520 has a request to observe the same operation site from various positions and angles while performing treatment on the operation site.
- the angle at which the treatment site is observed it is necessary to change the angle of the imaging unit 515 with respect to the treatment site, but at this time the imaging direction of the imaging unit 515 remains fixed at the treatment site (that is, the same site). It is more desirable that only the shooting angle changes.
- the imaging unit 515 moves in the plane of the cone with the treatment site at the top, pivoting operation with the axis of the cone as the pivot axis (
- the robot arm device 510 is required to have a more flexible operability such as the pivoting motion).
- the pivoting operation is also referred to as a point lock operation.
- the imaging unit 515 in order to change the position and angle of the imaging unit 515, it is conceivable to move the imaging unit 515 to a desired position and angle, for example, by the user 520 manually moving the arm unit 512. Therefore, it is desirable that the movement of the imaging unit 515, the above-mentioned pivoting movement, and the like have operability that can be easily performed with one hand, for example.
- the imaging center of the captured image captured by the imaging unit 515 is changed from the site being treated to another site (for example, the site to be subjected to the next treatment)
- another site for example, the site to be subjected to the next treatment
- various methods of driving the arm unit 512 such as a method of controlling the
- the robot arm device 510 is required to have high operability that meets the intuition and desires of the user 520, for example, to realize easy pivoting movement and manual movement described above.
- the robot arm device 510 is required to have stability in drive control of the arm unit 512.
- the stability to the drive control of the arm unit 512 may be the stability of the position and posture of the tip unit when the arm unit 512 is driven.
- the stability to the drive control of the arm unit 512 includes smooth movement of the tip unit when the arm unit 512 is driven and suppression of vibration (vibration suppression). For example, when the tip unit is the imaging unit 515 as in the example shown in FIG. 11, if the position and the attitude of the imaging unit 515 are not stable, the captured image displayed on the display screen of the display device 550 is not stable. May cause the user to feel uncomfortable.
- a stereo camera having two imaging units (camera units) is provided as a tip unit, and a three-dimensional image generated based on an image captured by the stereo camera
- a method of use may be envisaged in which the 3D image is displayed on the display 550.
- the 3D image is displayed, if the position or posture of the stereo camera is unstable, so-called 3D sickness of the user may be induced.
- the observation range captured by the imaging unit 515 may be expanded to about ⁇ 15 mm depending on the site to be operated and the content of the operation.
- the imaging unit 515 when the imaging unit 515 enlarges and captures an image in a narrow range, a slight vibration of the imaging unit 515 appears as a large shaking or blurring of a captured image. Therefore, high positioning accuracy of about 1 mm is required for driving control of the arm unit 512 and the imaging unit 515. As described above, in the drive control of the arm unit 512, high-accuracy response and high positioning accuracy are required.
- the inventors examined a general existing balance type arm and a robot arm device by position control from the viewpoint of the above three performances.
- a counterbalance weight both counterweight and balancer
- a counterbalance weight is usually used to balance the force when moving the arm part. Since it is provided inside the base portion etc., it is difficult to miniaturize the size of the device of the balance type arm, and it can not be said that the performance is satisfied.
- the present inventors have studied the above-mentioned ⁇ 1.
- the various performances obtained from the viewpoint of the safety described in the discussion on the safety of the robot arm device it has been found that the above three requirements for the performance exist.
- the present inventors considered the robot arm apparatus, the robot arm control system, the robot arm control method, and the program according to the embodiments described below as a result of examining the configuration further satisfying the three performances described above.
- an embodiment conceived by the present inventors will be described in detail.
- the drive of a plurality of joints provided in the robot arm device is controlled by whole-body cooperative control using generalized inverse dynamics. Furthermore, ideal joint control that realizes an ideal response to a command value by correcting the influence of disturbance is applied to drive control of the joint.
- the distal end unit of the arm unit of the robot arm device is an imaging unit, and as illustrated in FIG.
- the present embodiment is not limited to such an example.
- the robot arm control system according to the present embodiment is applicable even when a robot arm device having another tip unit is used for another application.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing an appearance of a robot arm apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a robot arm apparatus 400 includes a base unit 410 and an arm unit 420.
- the base portion 410 is a base of the robot arm device 400, and the arm portion 420 is extended from the base portion 410.
- a control unit that integrally controls the robot arm apparatus 400 may be provided in the base unit 410, and the driving of the arm unit 420 may be controlled by the control unit.
- the control unit is composed of, for example, various signal processing circuits such as a central processing unit (CPU) and a digital signal processor (DSP).
- the arm unit 420 includes a plurality of joints 421a to 421f, a plurality of links 422a to 422c mutually connected by the joints 421a to 421f, and an imaging unit 423 provided at the tip of the arm 420.
- the links 422a to 422c are rod-like members, one end of the link 422a is connected to the base portion 410 via the joint portion 421a, the other end of the link 422a is connected to one end of the link 422b via the joint portion 421b, The other end of the link 422b is connected to one end of the link 422c via the joints 421c and 421d. Furthermore, the imaging unit 423 is connected to the tip of the arm 420, that is, the other end of the link 422c via the joints 421e and 421f.
- the ends of the plurality of links 422a to 422c are connected to each other by the joint portions 421a to 421f with the base portion 410 as a fulcrum, whereby an arm shape extended from the base portion 410 is configured.
- the imaging unit 423 is a unit that acquires an image of an imaging target, and is, for example, a camera that captures a moving image or a still image. By controlling the driving of the arm unit 420, the position and posture of the imaging unit 423 are controlled. In the present embodiment, the imaging unit 423 captures, for example, a partial region of the patient's body, which is a treatment site.
- the tip unit provided at the tip of the arm unit 420 is not limited to the imaging unit 423, and various medical instruments may be connected to the tip of the arm unit 420 as a tip unit.
- the robot arm apparatus 400 according to the present embodiment can be said to be a medical robot arm apparatus provided with a medical instrument.
- the robot arm apparatus 400 will be described by defining coordinate axes as shown in FIG. Also, according to the coordinate axes, the vertical direction, the longitudinal direction, and the horizontal direction are defined. That is, the vertical direction with respect to the base portion 410 installed on the floor surface is defined as the z-axis direction and the vertical direction. In addition, a direction perpendicular to the z axis and a direction in which the arm unit 420 is extended from the base unit 410 (that is, a direction in which the imaging unit 423 is positioned with respect to the base unit 410) It defines as the front and back direction. Furthermore, directions orthogonal to the y-axis and z-axis are defined as x-axis direction and left-right direction.
- the joints 421a to 421f pivotally connect the links 422a to 422c to each other.
- the joint portions 421a to 421f have an actuator, and have a rotation mechanism that is rotationally driven about a predetermined rotation axis by driving the actuator.
- By controlling the rotational drive in each of the joint portions 421a to 421f it is possible to control the drive of the arm portion 420, such as extending or contracting (folding) the arm portion 420, for example.
- joints 421a to 421f are ideal joints described later in (6-2-3. Ideal joint control) and whole body coordinated control described later in (6-2-2. Generalized inverse dynamics) (described later). The control controls the drive.
- the drive control of the joints 421a to 421f specifically refers to the joints 421a to 421f. It means that the rotation angle and / or the generated torque (torques generated by the joints 421a to 421f) are controlled.
- the robot arm apparatus 400 has six joint portions 421a to 421f, and six degrees of freedom are realized with respect to driving of the arm portion 420. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, with the joints 421a, 421d, and 421f, the long axis direction of each of the connected links 422a to 422c and the imaging direction of the connected imaging unit 473 are taken as the rotational axis direction.
- the joint portions 421b, 421c, and 421e are connected in the yz plane (a plane defined by the y-axis and the z-axis) with respect to the connection angle of each of the connected links 422a to 422c and the imaging unit 473.
- the x axis direction which is the direction to be changed, is set as the rotation axis direction.
- the joints 421a, 421d, and 421f have a function of performing so-called yawing
- the joints 421b, 421c, and 421e have a function of performing so-called pitching.
- the robot arm apparatus 400 achieves six degrees of freedom with respect to the drive of the arm unit 420. Therefore, the imaging unit within the movable range of the arm unit 420 You can move the 423 freely.
- a hemisphere is illustrated as an example of the movable range of the imaging unit 423. Assuming that the central point of the hemisphere is the imaging center of the treatment site imaged by the imaging unit 423, the imaging unit 423 is moved on the spherical surface of the hemisphere with the imaging center of the imaging unit 423 fixed at the central point of the hemisphere. By doing this, the treatment site can be photographed from various angles.
- the configuration of the joints 421a to 421f shown in FIG. 12 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.
- the configuration of an actuator that is mainly related to rotational driving of the joint portions 421a to 421f will be described.
- the actuator shown in FIG. 13 may correspond to the actuator 180 shown in FIGS.
- FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a state in which the actuators of the joint portions 421a to 421f according to an embodiment of the present disclosure are cut at a cross section passing through the rotation axis.
- the joint portions 421a to 421f may have other configurations.
- the joint units 421 a to 421 f may be, for example, a control unit for controlling the drive of the actuator, or a support member for connecting and supporting the links 422 a to 422 c and the imaging unit 423. It has various configurations necessary for driving the arm unit 420.
- driving of the joint of the arm may mean driving of an actuator in the joint.
- the drive of the joints 421a to 421f is controlled by the ideal joint control described later in (6-2-3. Ideal joint control). Therefore, the actuators of the joint portions 421a to 421f shown in FIG. 13 are configured to be able to drive corresponding to the ideal joint control. Specifically, the actuators of the joint portions 421a to 421f are configured to be able to adjust the rotation angle of the joint portions 421a to 421f and the torque associated with the rotational drive.
- the actuators of the joint portions 421a to 421f are configured to be able to arbitrarily adjust the viscous drag coefficient with respect to rotational movement, and for example, are easy to rotate with respect to externally applied force (that is, the arm portion 420 is manually operated A state in which movement is easy) and a state in which rotation is difficult (that is, it is difficult to manually move the arm portion 420) can be realized.
- the actuator 430 of the joints 421a to 421f includes a motor 424, a motor driver 425, a reduction gear 426, an encoder 427, a torque sensor 428, and a drive shaft 429.
- the encoder 427, the motor 424, the reduction gear 426 and the torque sensor 428 are connected in series to the drive shaft 429 in this order.
- the motor 424, the motor driver 425, the reduction gear 426, the encoder 427 and the torque sensor 428 correspond to the motor 181, the motor driver unit 170, the reduction gear 185, the motor angle sensor 184a and the torque sensor 183 shown in FIG. It may be.
- Motor 424 is the prime mover in actuator 430 and rotates drive shaft 429 about its axis.
- the motor 424 is an electric motor such as a brushless DC motor.
- the rotational driving of the motor 424 is controlled by being supplied with an electric current.
- the motor driver 425 is a driver circuit (driver IC (Integrated Circuit)) that rotationally drives the motor 424 by supplying a current to the motor 424, and adjusts the amount of current supplied to the motor 424 to rotate the motor 424. You can control the number. In addition, the motor driver 425 can adjust the viscous drag coefficient with respect to the rotational movement of the actuator 430 as described above by adjusting the amount of current supplied to the motor 424.
- driver IC Integrated Circuit
- the reduction gear 426 is connected to the drive shaft 429 and generates a rotational drive force (i.e., torque) having a predetermined value by decelerating the rotational speed of the drive shaft 429 generated by the motor 424 at a predetermined reduction ratio.
- a rotational drive force i.e., torque
- the reduction gear 426 may be a harmonic drive (registered trademark).
- the torque generated by the reduction gear 426 is output via a torque sensor 428 connected to the output shaft of the reduction gear 426 (not shown, for example, connecting members such as the links 422 a to 422 c and the imaging unit 423) Transmitted to
- the encoder 427 is connected to the drive shaft 429 and detects the number of rotations of the drive shaft 429. Based on the relationship between the rotational speed of the drive shaft 429 detected by the encoder and the reduction ratio of the reduction gear 426, information such as the rotational angle, rotational angular velocity and rotational angular acceleration of the joints 421a to 421f can be obtained.
- the encoder 427 is provided on the drive shaft 429, that is, the rotation shaft of the motor 424, but the present embodiment is not limited to this example.
- an encoder for detecting the rotation angle of the output shaft may be further provided downstream of the reduction gear 426.
- the torque sensor 428 is connected to the output shaft of the reduction gear 426 and detects the torque generated by the reduction gear 426, that is, the torque output by the actuator 430.
- the torque output by the actuator 430 is also simply referred to as generated torque.
- the number of rotations of the motor 424 can be adjusted by adjusting the amount of current supplied to the motor 424.
- the reduction gear ratio of the reduction gear 426 may be appropriately set according to the application of the robot arm device 400. Therefore, the generated torque can be controlled by appropriately adjusting the number of rotations of the motor 424 in accordance with the reduction gear ratio of the reduction gear 426.
- information such as the rotation angle, rotation angular velocity, and rotation angular acceleration of the joint portions 421a to 421f can be obtained. Thus, it is possible to detect the generated torque at the joint portions 421a to 421f.
- the torque sensor 428 can detect not only the torque generated by the actuator 430 but also an external torque applied from the outside. Therefore, by adjusting the amount of current supplied to the motor 424 by the motor driver 425 based on the external torque detected by the torque sensor 428, it is possible to adjust the viscous drag coefficient for the rotational movement as described above, for example It is possible to realize a state in which it is easy to rotate or a state in which it is difficult to rotate with respect to a force applied from the outside.
- FIG. 14A is a schematic view schematically showing the torque sensor 428 shown in FIG. 13 as viewed from the axial direction of the drive shaft 429.
- the torque sensor 428 has an outer ring portion 431, an inner ring portion 432, beam portions 433a to 433d, and strain detection elements 434a to 434d.
- the outer ring portion 431 and the inner ring portion 432 are disposed concentrically.
- the inner ring portion 432 is connected to the input side, ie, the output shaft from the reduction gear 426, and the outer ring portion 431 is connected to the output side, ie, an output member (not shown) at the subsequent stage.
- the four beam portions 433a to 433d are disposed between the outer ring portion 431 and the inner ring portion 432 arranged concentrically, and connect the outer ring portion 431 and the inner ring portion 432 to each other. As shown in FIG. 14A, the beam portions 433a to 433d are interposed between the outer ring portion 431 and the inner ring portion 432 such that adjacent beam portions 433a to 433d form an angle of 90 degrees with each other.
- Strain detection elements 434a to 434d are provided on two of the beam portions 433a to 433d facing each other, that is, provided at an angle of 180 degrees.
- the generated torque and the external torque of the actuator 430 can be detected based on the amount of deformation of the beam portions 433a to 433d detected by the strain detection elements 434a to 434d.
- strain detection elements 434a and 434b are provided to the beam portion 433a, and strain detection elements 434c and 434d are provided to the beam portion 433c.
- the strain detection elements 434a and 434b are provided to sandwich the beam portion 433a, and the strain detection elements 434c and 434d are provided to sandwich the beam portion 433c.
- the strain detection elements 434a to 434d are strain gauges, and are attached to the surfaces of the beam portions 433a and 433c to detect the amount of geometric deformation of the beam portions 433a and 433c based on a change in electrical resistance. As shown in FIG.
- the detection elements 434a to 434d constitute a so-called Wheatstone bridge. Therefore, since distortion can be detected using a so-called four-gauge method, it is possible to reduce the influence of interference of the other axes other than the axis for detecting distortion, eccentricity of the drive shaft 429, temperature drift and the like.
- the beam portions 433a to 433d play a role of a strain generating body for detecting distortion.
- the types of strain detection elements 434a to 434d according to the present embodiment are not limited to strain gauges, and other elements may be used.
- the strain detection elements 434a to 434d may be elements that detect the amount of deformation of the beam portions 433a to 433d based on a change in magnetic characteristics.
- the configuration described below may be applied.
- the support moment is released by thinning the portions of the beam portions 433a to 433d connected to the outer ring portion 431 compared to other portions, so that the linearity of the detected deformation is improved and the radial load is improved.
- a double-supported bearing may be provided at the other end of the actuator 430 shown in FIG.
- the configuration of the torque sensor 428 has been described above with reference to FIG. 14A. As described above, the configuration of the torque sensor 428 shown in FIG. 14A enables highly accurate detection in detection of the generated torque and the external torque of the actuator 430.
- the configuration of the torque sensor 428 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 14A, and may be another configuration.
- a torque sensor applied to the actuator 430 an example of another configuration other than the torque sensor 428 will be described with reference to FIG. 14B.
- FIG. 14B is a schematic view showing another configuration example of the torque sensor applied to the actuator 430 shown in FIG.
- the torque sensor 428a according to the present modification includes an outer ring 441, an inner ring 442, beams 443a to 443d, and strain detection elements 444a to 444d.
- FIG. 14B schematically shows the torque sensor 428a as viewed in the axial direction of the drive shaft 429, as in FIG. 14A.
- the functions and configurations of the outer ring portion 441, the inner ring portion 442, the beam portions 443a to 443d, and the strain detection elements 444a to 444d are the same as the outer ring portion 431 and the inner ring portion 432 of the torque sensor 428 described with reference to FIG.
- the functions and configurations of the beam portions 433a to 433d and the strain detection elements 434a to 434d are substantially the same.
- the torque sensor 428a according to the present modification differs in the configuration of the connection portion between the beam portions 443a to 443d and the outer ring portion 441. Therefore, with regard to the torque sensor 428a shown in FIG. 14B, the configuration of the connection portion between the beam portions 443a to 443d and the outer ring portion 441, which is the difference from the torque sensor 428 shown in FIG. The explanation is omitted.
- connection portion between the beam portion 443b and the outer ring portion 441 is enlarged and shown together with the overall view of the torque sensor 428a.
- FIG. 14B only the connection portion between the beam portion 443b and the outer ring portion 441, which is one of the four connection portions between the beam portions 443a to 443d and the outer ring portion 441, is shown enlarged.
- the other three connection portions between the beam portions 443a, 443c and 443d and the outer ring portion 441 have the same configuration.
- the outer ring portion 441 is provided with an engagement recess, and the tip end of the beam portion 443b is engaged with the engagement recess As a result, both are connected. Further, gaps G1 and G2 are provided between the beam portion 443b and the outer ring portion 441.
- the gap G1 represents the gap between the two in the direction in which the beam portion 443b extends toward the outer ring portion 441, and the gap G2 represents the gap in the direction orthogonal to the direction.
- the beam portions 443a to 443d and the outer ring portion 441 are separately disposed with predetermined gaps G1 and G2. That is, in the torque sensor 428a, the outer ring portion 441 and the inner ring portion 442 are separated. Therefore, since the inner ring portion 442 is not restrained with respect to the outer ring portion 441 and has freedom of movement, distortion components due to the vibration can be obtained by combining the inner ring portion 442 and the outer ring portion 441 even if vibration occurs when driving the actuator 430, for example. Can be absorbed by the gaps G1, G2 between them. Therefore, by applying the torque sensor 428a as a torque sensor of the actuator 430, more accurate detection of the generated torque and the external torque is realized.
- the configuration of the actuator 430 corresponding to the ideal joint control as shown in FIGS. 13, 14A and 14B is, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2009-269102 and 2011, which are prior patent applications by the applicant of the present application. No. 209099 can be referred to.
- the generalized inverse dynamics is an operation space (Operation Space) in a multi-link structure (for example, an arm 420 shown in FIG. 12 in the present embodiment) configured by connecting a plurality of links by a plurality of joints.
- Operaation Space Operation Space
- the operation space is an important concept in force control of a robot device.
- the operation space is a space for describing the relationship between the force acting on the multilink structure and the acceleration of the multilink structure.
- the operation space is, for example, a joint space, a Cartesian space, a momentum space or the like, which is a space to which the multilink structure belongs.
- the exercise purpose represents a target value in drive control of the multilink structure, and is, for example, a target value such as position, velocity, acceleration, force, impedance, etc. of the multilink structure to be achieved by drive control.
- the constraint conditions are constraints on the position, velocity, acceleration, force, and the like of the multilink structure, which are determined by the shape and structure of the multilink structure, the environment around the multilink structure, and settings by the user.
- the constraint conditions include information on generated force, priority, presence / absence of non-drive joint, vertical reaction force, friction weight, support polygon and the like.
- the computing algorithm is the first stage virtual force determination process (virtual force calculation process), and It consists of the real force conversion process (real force calculation process) which is two steps.
- the virtual force which is a virtual force acting on the operation space, necessary for achieving each exercise purpose is taken into consideration while considering the priority of the exercise purpose and the maximum value of the imaginary force. decide.
- the virtual force obtained above is used as the actual force such as joint force and external force, taking into consideration constraints on non-drive joints, vertical reaction forces, friction weights, support polygons, etc. Convert to realism that can be realized by the configuration of the link structure.
- a vector constituted by certain physical quantities at each joint of the multilink structure is called a generalized variable q (also referred to as a joint value q or a joint space q).
- the operation space x is defined by the following equation (1) using the time derivative value of the generalized variable q and the Jacobian J.
- q is the rotation angle of the joint portions 421a to 421f of the arm portion 420.
- equation (2) The equation of motion with respect to the operation space x is described by the following equation (2).
- f represents a force acting on the operation space x.
- ⁇ 1 is an operation space inertia inverse matrix
- c is a operation space bias acceleration, which are expressed by the following equations (3) and (4), respectively.
- H is a joint space inertia matrix
- ⁇ is a joint force corresponding to the joint value q (for example, generated torque at joints 421a to 421f)
- b is a term representing gravity, Coriolis force, and centrifugal force.
- the LCP can be solved using, for example, the Iterative method, Pivot method, a method applying robust acceleration control, or the like.
- the operation space inertia inverse matrix ⁇ ⁇ 1 and the bias acceleration c have large calculation costs when calculated according to the equations (3) and (4), which are definition equations. Therefore, calculation processing of the operation space inertia inverse matrix ⁇ -1 is applied by applying quasi-dynamics calculation (FWD) to obtain generalized acceleration (joint acceleration) from generalized force (joint force ⁇ ) of multi-link structure
- FWD quasi-dynamics calculation
- the multi-link structure such as the joint space q, the joint force ⁇ , the gravity g, etc.
- the movement purpose relating to the position and velocity of the operation space x can be expressed as a target value of the operation space acceleration, and is specifically expressed by the following equation (7) (position of the operation space x
- the target value of the velocity is expressed by superposing the first derivative of x and x with a superscript bar).
- the concept of the decomposition operation space it is also possible to set the exercise purpose regarding the operation space (momentum, Cartesian relative coordinates, interlocking joint, etc.) represented by the linear sum of other operation spaces.
- the operation space momentum, Cartesian relative coordinates, interlocking joint, etc.
- the LCP can be solved in order of priority and from low priority, and the virtual force obtained by the LCP in the previous stage can be applied as a known external force of the LCP in the next stage.
- the suffix a represents a set of drive joints (drive joint set), and the suffix u represents a set of non-drive joints (non-drive joint). That is, the upper part of the equation (8) represents the balance of the force of the space (non-driven joint space) by the non-driven joint, and the lower part represents the balance of the force of the space (drive joint space) by the driven joint.
- J vu and J va are respectively a non-driven joint component of Jacobian and a driven joint component related to the operation space on which the virtual force f v acts.
- J eu and J ea are non-driven joint components and driving joint components of the Jacobian relating to the operation space in which the external force fe acts.
- ⁇ f v represents a component of the virtual force f v that can not be realized by real force.
- Equation (8) The upper part of the equation (8) is undefined.
- fe and ⁇ f v can be obtained by solving a quadratic programming problem (QP) as shown in the following equation (9).
- ⁇ is the difference between the upper and lower sides of the equation (8) and represents the equation error of the equation (8).
- ⁇ is a connection vector of fe and ⁇ f v and represents a variable vector.
- Q 1 and Q 2 are positive definite symmetric matrices that represent weights at minimization.
- the inequality constraint of the equation (9) is used to express a constraint condition regarding an external force such as a vertical reaction force, a friction cone, a maximum value of an external force, a support polygon, and the like.
- the inequality constraint relating to a rectangular support polygon is expressed as the following equation (10).
- z represents the normal direction of the contact surface
- x and y represent orthogonal two-tangent directions perpendicular to z.
- (F x, F y, F z) and (M x, M y, M z) is the external force and external force moment acting on the contact point.
- ⁇ t and ⁇ r are friction coefficients related to translation and rotation, respectively.
- (D x , d y ) represents the size of the support polygon.
- I a is the moment of inertia (inertia) at the joints
- ⁇ a is the generated torque of the joints 421 a to 421 f
- ⁇ e is the external torque acting on the joints 421 a to 421 f from the outside
- ⁇ a is each joint It is a viscous drag coefficient at 421a to 421f.
- the above equation (12) can also be said to be a theoretical model that represents the motion of the actuator 430 at the joints 421a to 421f.
- each operation is carried out using Generalized Inverse Dynamics to realize the purpose of the exercise using exercise purposes and restraint conditions. It is possible to calculate ⁇ a which is an actual force to be applied to the joint portions 421a to 421f. Therefore, ideally, by applying each calculated ⁇ a to the above equation (12), a response according to the theoretical model shown in the above equation (12) is realized, that is, the desired exercise purpose is achieved. It should be done.
- an error may occur between the motions of the joint portions 421a to 421f and the theoretical model as shown in the above equation (12).
- the modeling errors can be roughly classified into those due to mass properties such as weight, center of gravity, inertia tensor of multi-link structure, and causes due to friction, inertia, etc. inside joints 421 a to 421 f. .
- the modeling error caused by the former mass property can be relatively easily reduced at the time of constructing a theoretical model by improving the accuracy of CAD (Computer Aided Design) data and applying the identification method.
- modeling errors caused by friction, inertia, etc. in the latter joint portions 421a to 421f are caused by phenomena such as friction in the reduction gear 426 of the joint portions 421a to 421f, which are difficult to model.
- a modeling error that can not be ignored during model construction may remain.
- an error occurs between the value of inertia I a and viscosity resistance coefficient [nu a in the equation (12), and these values in the actual joints 421a ⁇ 421f.
- the motions of the joint portions 421a to 421f may not respond according to the theoretical model shown in the above equation (12). Therefore, even when the real force ⁇ a , which is a joint force calculated by the generalized inverse dynamics, is applied, there may be a case where the exercise purpose which is the control target is not achieved.
- the responses of the joint portions 421a to 421f are corrected to perform an ideal response according to the theoretical model shown in the above equation (12). Think about it.
- ideal joint control is performed to control the drive of the joint unit so that the joint units 421a to 421f of the robot arm apparatus 400 perform an ideal response as shown in the above equation (12). It is called.
- an actuator whose drive is controlled by the ideal joint control is also referred to as a virtualized actuator (VA) because an ideal response is performed.
- VA virtualized actuator
- FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram for describing ideal joint control according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Note that FIG. 15 schematically illustrates, in block form, a conceptual computing unit that performs various computations related to ideal joint control.
- the actuator 610 schematically represents the mechanism of the actuator 430 shown in FIG. 13, and includes a motor (Motor) 611, a reduction gear (Reduction Gear) 612, an encoder (Encoder) 613 and a torque sensor (Torque).
- the Sensor) 614 corresponds to the motor 424, the reduction gear 426, the encoder 427, and the torque sensor 428 (or the torque sensor 428a shown in FIG. 14B) shown in FIG. 13, respectively.
- the response of the actuator 610 according to the theoretical model represented by the equation (12) means that the rotational angular acceleration of the left side is achieved when the right side of the equation (12) is given. It is nothing but Further, as shown in the above equation (12), the theoretical model includes the external torque term ⁇ e acting on the actuator 610. In this embodiment, the external torque ⁇ e is measured by the torque sensor 614 in order to perform ideal joint control. Further, in order to calculate the estimated disturbance value tau d is an estimate of the torque due to the disturbance on the basis of the rotation angle q of the actuator 610 as measured by the encoder 613 applies a disturbance observer 620.
- a block 631 represents a computing unit that performs computations according to the ideal joint model of the joints 421a to 421f shown in the equation (12).
- a block 631 receives the generated torque ⁇ a , the external torque ⁇ e , and the rotational angular velocity (first derivative of the rotational angle q) as input, and outputs a rotational angular acceleration target value (rotational target value q ref shown on the left side of the equation (12) Second-order derivative) can be output.
- the generated torque ⁇ a calculated by the method described above (for 6-2-2. Generalized inverse dynamics) and the external torque ⁇ e measured by the torque sensor 614 are shown in block 631. It is input.
- the rotational angular velocity (first-order derivative of the rotational angle q) is calculated by inputting the rotational angle q measured by the encoder 613 to a block 632 representing an arithmetic unit that performs differential operation.
- the rotation angle acceleration target value by the block 631 is calculated.
- the calculated rotational angular acceleration target value is input to block 633.
- Block 633 represents a computing unit that calculates the torque generated in the actuator 610 based on the rotational angular acceleration of the actuator 610.
- the block 633 can obtain the torque target value ⁇ ref by multiplying the rotational angular acceleration target value by the nominal inertia (nominal inertia) J n of the actuator 610.
- the desired motion purpose should be achieved by causing the actuator 610 to generate the torque target value ⁇ ref , but as described above, the actual response is affected by disturbances and the like.
- the disturbance estimated value ⁇ d is calculated by the disturbance observer 620, and the torque target value ⁇ ref is corrected using the disturbance estimated value ⁇ d .
- the disturbance observer 620 The configuration of the disturbance observer 620 will be described. As shown in FIG. 15, the disturbance observer 620, and the torque command value tau, based on the rotational angular velocities calculated from the rotation angle q measured by the encoder 613, and calculates the estimated disturbance value tau d.
- the torque command value ⁇ is a torque value to be finally generated in the actuator 610 after the influence of the disturbance is corrected. For example, if the disturbance estimated value tau d is not calculated, the torque command value tau is the torque target value tau ref.
- the disturbance observer 620 is composed of a block 634 and a block 635.
- a block 634 represents a computing unit that calculates the torque generated in the actuator 610 based on the rotational angular velocity of the actuator 610.
- the rotational angular velocity calculated by the block 632 is input to the block 634 from the rotational angle q measured by the encoder 613.
- a block 634 performs a calculation represented by the transfer function J n s, that is, obtains a rotational angular acceleration by differentiating the rotational angular velocity, and further multiplies the calculated rotational angular acceleration by the nominal inertia J n.
- the estimated value (torque estimated value) of the torque actually acting on the actuator 610 can be calculated.
- the disturbance estimated value tau d is the value of the torque due to the disturbance is estimated.
- the estimated disturbance value tau d is the torque command value tau before circumference of the control may be a difference between the estimated torque value in the present control.
- the torque estimated value calculated by block 634 is based on the actual measured value, and the torque command value ⁇ calculated by block 633 is based on the ideal theoretical model of the joints 421a to 421f shown in block 631. Therefore, by taking the difference between the two, it is possible to estimate the influence of the disturbance which is not considered in the above theoretical model.
- the disturbance observer 620 is provided with a low pass filter (LPF: Low Pass Filter) shown in block 635 in order to prevent the system from diverging.
- LPF Low Pass Filter
- the block 635 outputs only the low frequency component to the input value by performing the operation represented by the transfer function g / (s + g) to stabilize the system.
- the difference between the estimated torque value calculated by block 634 and the torque command value ⁇ ref is input to block 635, and the low frequency component thereof is calculated as the estimated disturbance value ⁇ d .
- a torque command value which is a torque value to be finally generated in the actuator 610 by performing feedforward control in which the disturbance estimated value ⁇ d calculated by the disturbance observer 620 is added to the torque target value ⁇ ref. ⁇ is calculated. Then, the actuator 610 is driven based on the torque command value ⁇ . Specifically, torque command value ⁇ is converted into a corresponding current value (current command value), and application of the current command value to motor 611 drives actuator 610.
- the generalized inverse dynamics used in the present embodiment has been described above, and the ideal joint control according to the present embodiment has been described with reference to FIG.
- the drive parameters of the joints 421a to 421f for example, the joints 421a to 421f
- Whole-body coordinated control is performed in which the generated torque value is calculated in consideration of the constraint condition.
- correction is performed in consideration of the influence of disturbance on the generated torque value calculated by whole body cooperative control using the above-mentioned generalized inverse dynamics.
- FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a robot arm control system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the configuration related to the control of the drive of the arm unit of the robot arm apparatus is mainly illustrated.
- a robot arm control system 1 includes a robot arm device 10, a control device 20, and a display device 30.
- the control device 20 performs the whole-body coordinated control described in the above (6-2-2. Generalized inverse dynamics) and the ideal described in the above (6-2-3. Ideal joint control).
- Various calculations in joint control are performed, and the drive of the arm unit of the robot arm apparatus 10 is controlled based on the calculation result.
- an imaging unit 140 described later is provided in an arm unit of the robot arm device 10, and an image captured by the imaging unit 140 is displayed on the display screen of the display device 30.
- the robot arm control system 1 shown in FIG. 16 corresponds to the robot arm control system 2 described with reference to FIG. 1, and the robot arm control system 2 is not shown in FIG.
- the functional configuration relating to the drive control of the robot arm device 10 is illustrated again in detail.
- the robot arm device 10 has an arm portion which is a multi-link structure composed of a plurality of joint portions and a plurality of links, and is provided at the tip of the arm portion by driving the arm portion within a movable range. Control the position and attitude of the tip unit.
- the robot arm device 10 corresponds to the robot arm device 400 shown in FIG.
- the robot arm apparatus 10 includes an arm control unit 110 and an arm unit 120.
- the arm unit 120 also includes a joint unit 130 and an imaging unit 140.
- the arm control unit 110 controls the robot arm apparatus 10 in an integrated manner and controls the drive of the arm unit 120.
- the arm control unit 110 corresponds to the control unit (not shown in FIG. 12) described with reference to FIG.
- the arm control unit 110 has a drive control unit 111, and the drive of the joint unit 130 is controlled by the control of the drive control unit 111, whereby the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled.
- the drive control unit 111 controls the number of rotations of the motor by controlling the amount of current supplied to the motor in the actuator of the joint unit 130, and the rotation angle and generation in the joint unit 130 Control the torque.
- the drive control of the arm unit 120 by the drive control unit 111 is performed based on the calculation result in the control device 20.
- the amount of current supplied to the motor in the actuator of the joint unit 130 controlled by the drive control unit 111 is the amount of current determined based on the calculation result in the control device 20.
- the joint control unit 135 may be provided in each joint unit 130, and the drive of the joint unit 130 may be controlled by the joint control unit 135.
- the arm unit 120 is a multi-link structure composed of a plurality of joints and a plurality of links, and the drive thereof is controlled by the control of the arm control unit 110.
- the arm unit 120 corresponds to the arm unit 420 shown in FIG.
- the arm unit 120 has a joint unit 130 and an imaging unit 140.
- the structure of one joint part 130 is shown in figure as a representative of these joint parts.
- the joint unit 130 pivotally connects the links with each other in the arm unit 120, and drives the arm unit 120 by the control of its rotational drive under the control of the arm control unit 110.
- the joint 130 corresponds to the joints 421a to 421f shown in FIG.
- the joint unit 130 also has an actuator, and the configuration of the actuator is the same as that shown in, for example, FIGS. 13, 14A and 14B.
- the joint unit 130 includes a joint drive unit 131 and a joint state detection unit 132.
- the joint drive unit 131 is a drive mechanism in an actuator of the joint unit 130, and the joint drive unit 131 drives the joint unit 130 to rotate.
- the drive of the joint drive unit 131 is controlled by the drive control unit 111.
- the joint drive unit 131 has a configuration corresponding to the motor 424 and the motor driver 425 shown in FIG. 13, and driving the joint drive unit 131 means that the current according to the command from the drive control unit 111 It corresponds to driving the motor 424 by an amount.
- the joint state detection unit 132 detects the state of the joint unit 130.
- the state of the joint unit 130 may mean the state of movement of the joint unit 130.
- the state of the joint unit 130 includes information such as the rotational angle, rotational angular velocity, rotational angular acceleration, and generated torque of the joint unit 130.
- the joint state detection unit 132 has a rotation angle detection unit 133 that detects the rotation angle of the joint unit 130 and a torque detection unit 134 that detects the generated torque and the external torque of the joint unit 130.
- the rotation angle detection unit 133 and the torque detection unit 134 correspond to the encoder 427 of the actuator 430 shown in FIG. 13 and the torque sensors 428 and 428a shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, respectively.
- the joint state detection unit 132 transmits the detected state of the joint unit 130 to the control device 20.
- the rotation is a function of mainly acquiring information representing the motion of the arm unit 120 as an example of the function of the joint state detection unit 132.
- the angle detection unit 133 and the torque detection unit 134 are illustrated.
- the joint state detection unit 132 may be configured by each sensor provided in the actuator 180 shown in FIG.
- the rotation angle detection unit 133 may be configured by a motor angle sensor 184a and an output shaft angle sensor 184b shown in FIG.
- the torque detection unit 134 may be configured by a torque sensor 183 shown in FIG.
- the joint state detection unit 132 further has a function of detecting another physical quantity corresponding to each sensor of the actuator 180, such as a function of detecting current supplied to the motor and a function of detecting the temperature around the motor. You may
- the imaging unit 140 is an example of a tip unit (corresponding to the tip unit 145 shown in FIG. 1) provided at the tip of the arm unit 120, and acquires an image to be photographed.
- the imaging unit 140 corresponds to the imaging unit 423 shown in FIG.
- the imaging unit 140 is a camera or the like that can capture a shooting target in the form of a moving image or a still image.
- the imaging unit 140 has a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in two dimensions, and can obtain an image signal representing an image to be photographed by photoelectric conversion in the light receiving elements.
- the imaging unit 140 transmits the acquired image signal to the display device 30.
- the image pickup unit 140 is actually provided at the tip of the arm section 120 in the robot arm apparatus 10 as in the case where the imaging unit 423 is provided at the tip of the arm section 420. ing.
- a link is schematically illustrated between the joint unit 130 and the imaging unit 140 in which the imaging unit 140 is provided at the tip of the final link via the plurality of joint units 130 and the plurality of links. It is expressed by.
- the tip unit provided at the tip of the arm unit 120 is not limited to the imaging unit 140.
- various medical instruments may be connected to the tip of the arm unit 120 as a tip unit.
- the medical instrument include various treatment instruments such as a scalpel and forceps, and units of various inspection apparatuses such as a probe of an ultrasonic examination apparatus, and various units used in the treatment.
- a unit having an imaging function such as an imaging unit 140 shown in FIG. 16 or an endoscope or a microscope may be included in the medical instrument.
- the robot arm apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is a medical robot arm apparatus provided with a medical instrument.
- the robot arm control system 1 is a medical robot arm control system.
- the robot arm apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 16 is a robot arm apparatus for a video microscope provided with a unit having an imaging function as a tip unit.
- a stereo camera having two imaging units (camera units) may be provided at the tip of the arm unit 120, and imaging may be performed so as to display an imaging target as a 3D image.
- control device 20 includes an input unit 210, a storage unit 220, and a control unit 230.
- the control unit 230 integrally controls the control device 20 and performs various calculations for controlling the drive of the arm unit 120 in the robot arm apparatus 10. Specifically, in order to control driving of the arm unit 120 of the robot arm apparatus 10, the control unit 230 performs various calculations in whole body cooperative control and ideal joint control.
- the function and configuration of the control unit 230 will be described in detail below, but with regard to whole-body coordinated control and ideal joint control, the above (6-2-2. Generalized Inverse Dynamics) and the above (6-2-3. Ideal) will be described. Since the joint control has already been described, the detailed description will be omitted here.
- the control unit 230 includes a whole body coordination control unit 240, an ideal joint control unit 250, and an abnormality detection unit 260.
- the whole body coordination control unit 240 performs various operations related to whole body coordination control using generalized inverse dynamics.
- the whole-body coordination control unit 240 acquires the state (arm state) of the arm unit 120 based on the state of the joint unit 130 detected by the joint state detection unit 132.
- the whole-body coordination control unit 240 generalizes the control value for whole-body coordination control of the arm unit 120 in the operation space based on the arm state and the exercise purpose and restraint condition of the arm unit 120. Calculated using The operation space is, for example, a space for describing the relationship between the force acting on the arm unit 120 and the acceleration generated in the arm unit 120.
- the whole body coordination control unit 240 includes an arm state acquisition unit 241, a calculation condition setting unit 242, a virtual force calculation unit 243, and an actual force calculation unit 244.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 is illustrated as one function not included in the whole-body coordination control unit 240 for convenience, but these have similar functions. It is.
- the arm state acquisition unit 241 acquires the state (arm state) of the arm unit 120 based on the state of the joint unit 130 detected by the joint state detection unit 132.
- the arm state may mean the state of movement of the arm unit 120.
- the arm state includes information such as the position, velocity, acceleration, and force of the arm unit 120.
- the joint state detection unit 132 acquires, as the state of the joint unit 130, information such as the rotation angle, the rotation angular velocity, the rotation angular acceleration, and the generated torque in each joint unit 130.
- the storage unit 220 stores various types of information processed by the control device 20. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 220 stores various types of information (arm information on the arm unit 120).
- the arm state acquisition unit 241 can acquire the arm information from the storage unit 220. Therefore, based on the state of the joint unit 130 and the arm information, the arm state acquisition unit 241 determines the positions (coordinates) of the plurality of joint units 130, the plurality of links, and the imaging unit 140 in space (that is, Information such as the shape, the position and orientation of the imaging unit 140, and the forces acting on each joint unit 130, link, and imaging unit 140 can be acquired as an arm state.
- the arm state acquisition unit 241 transmits the acquired arm information to the calculation condition setting unit 242.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 sets calculation conditions in calculation related to whole-body cooperative control using generalized inverse dynamics.
- the calculation condition may be an exercise purpose and a constraint condition.
- the exercise purpose may be various types of information regarding the movement of the arm unit 120.
- the exercise purpose is the position and orientation (coordinates) of the imaging unit 140, target values such as velocity, acceleration, and force, or the positions (coordinates of the plurality of joint units 130 of the arm unit 120 and the plurality of links And may be target values such as speed, acceleration, and force.
- the constraint condition may be various types of information that restricts (restrains) the motion of the arm unit 120.
- the constraint condition may be coordinates of a region in which each component of the arm portion can not move, a velocity that can not move, a value of acceleration, a value of a force that can not be generated, or the like.
- the restriction ranges of various physical quantities under the constraint conditions may be set because it is impossible to structurally realize the arm unit 120, or may be set appropriately by the user.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 may be a physical model of the structure of the arm unit 120 (for example, the number and length of links constituting the arm unit 120, connection status via the joint unit 130 of the link, movement of the joint unit 130). Range and the like are modeled, and the motion condition and the constraint condition are generated by generating a control model in which the desired motion condition and the constraint condition are reflected in the physical model. It may be set.
- the arm unit 120 it is possible to cause the arm unit 120 to perform a desired operation by appropriately setting the exercise purpose and the restraint condition. For example, by setting a target value of the position of the imaging unit 140 as an exercise purpose, it goes without saying that the imaging unit 140 is moved to the target position, but the arm unit 120 does not intrude into a predetermined area in space. It is also possible to drive the arm unit 120 by providing a movement constraint according to the constraint condition, such as.
- the purpose of exercise is that the imaging unit 140 moves in the plane of a cone with the treatment site at the top with the imaging direction of the imaging unit 140 fixed to the treatment site. It may be a pivoting operation which is a pivoting operation with the axis as a pivoting axis.
- a pivoting motion may be realized in which the imaging unit 140 moves on the surface of a cone whose apex is the predetermined point.
- the turning operation may be performed in a state in which the distance between the imaging unit 140 and the point corresponding to the apex of the cone is kept constant.
- the exercise purpose may be to control the generated torque in each joint unit 130.
- the movement purpose controls the state of the joint unit 130 so as to cancel the gravity acting on the arm unit 120, and further supports the movement of the arm unit 120 in the direction of the externally applied force.
- It may be a power assist operation that controls the state of the joint unit 130. More specifically, in the power assist operation, the drive of each joint unit 130 is controlled so that each joint unit 130 generates a generation torque that cancels the external torque due to gravity in each joint unit 130 of the arm unit 120. Thus, the position and posture of the arm unit 120 are held in a predetermined state.
- each joint unit 130 is controlled to generate generated torque in each joint unit 130 in the same direction as the applied external torque.
- Ru By performing such a power assist operation, when the user manually moves the arm unit 120, the user can move the arm unit 120 with a smaller force, so as to move the arm unit 120 under weightlessness It can give the user a sense of presence. Moreover, it is also possible to combine the pivoting operation described above and the power assist operation.
- the term “exercise purpose” may mean the movement (exercise) of the arm unit 120 realized in the whole-body coordinated control, or the instantaneous exercise purpose in the movement (ie, the exercise purpose). It may mean the target value in
- the imaging unit 140 itself performs the pivoting movement for exercise purpose, but while the pivoting operation is performed, the imaging unit 140 in the conical surface in the pivoting operation is The values such as the position and the speed are set as an instantaneous exercise purpose (a target value for the exercise purpose).
- performing the power assist operation to support the movement of the arm unit 120 in the direction of the externally applied force is the exercise purpose itself, but the power assist operation is performed.
- the value of the generated torque in the same direction as the external torque applied to each joint 130 is set as an instantaneous exercise purpose (a target value for the exercise purpose).
- the exercise purpose in the present embodiment is continuously achieved with an instantaneous exercise purpose (for example, a target value of position, velocity, force, etc. of each component of the arm unit 120 at a certain time) and an instantaneous exercise purpose.
- an instantaneous exercise purpose for example, a target value of position, velocity, force, etc. of each component of the arm unit 120 at a certain time
- an instantaneous exercise purpose is set each time, and the desired exercise purpose is finally achieved by repeatedly performing the calculation.
- the viscous drag coefficient in the rotational movement of each joint unit 130 may be appropriately set.
- the joint unit 130 according to the present embodiment is configured such that the viscous drag coefficient in the rotational movement of the actuator 430 can be appropriately adjusted. Therefore, by setting the viscous drag coefficient in the rotational movement of each joint unit 130 when setting the purpose of exercise, it is possible to realize, for example, a state in which rotation is easy or a state in which rotation is difficult with respect to externally applied force.
- the viscous drag coefficient at the joint unit 130 is set small, so that the force required for the user to move the arm unit 120 may be smaller, and the weightlessness given to the user is Promoted more.
- the viscous drag coefficient in the rotational movement of each joint unit 130 may be appropriately set according to the content of the purpose of the movement.
- the storage unit 220 may store parameters regarding calculation conditions such as exercise purpose and restraint conditions used in calculations regarding whole-body coordinated control.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 can set the restriction condition stored in the storage unit 220 as a restriction condition used for the calculation of the whole-body coordinated control.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 can set the exercise purpose by a plurality of methods.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 may set the exercise purpose based on the arm state transmitted from the arm state acquisition unit 241.
- the arm state includes information on the position of the arm unit 120 and information on the force acting on the arm unit 120. Therefore, for example, when the user is trying to move the arm unit 120 manually, the arm state acquisition unit 241 also acquires information on how the user is moving the arm unit 120 as an arm state. Ru. Therefore, based on the acquired arm state, the calculation condition setting unit 242 can set the position, the speed, the force, and the like at which the user moved the arm unit 120 as an instantaneous exercise purpose. By thus setting the exercise purpose, the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled to follow and support the movement of the arm unit 120 by the user.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 may set an exercise purpose based on an instruction input by the user from the input unit 210.
- the input unit 210 is an input interface for the user to input information, commands and the like related to drive control of the robot arm apparatus 10 to the control device 20.
- the input unit 210 from the user The exercise purpose may be set based on the operation input.
- the input unit 210 has, for example, operation means operated by the user, such as a lever and a pedal, and the positions, speeds, and the like of the respective constituent members of the arm unit 120 correspond to the operation of the lever and the pedal.
- And may be set by the calculation condition setting unit 242 as an instantaneous exercise purpose.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 may set the exercise purpose stored in the storage unit 220 as the exercise purpose used for the calculation of the whole-body coordinated control. For example, if it is an exercise purpose that the imaging unit 140 is stopped at a predetermined point in space, the coordinates of the predetermined point can be set in advance as the exercise purpose. Also, for example, in the case of an exercise purpose where the imaging unit 140 moves on a predetermined trajectory in space, the coordinates of each point representing the predetermined trajectory can be set in advance as the exercise purpose. As described above, when the exercise purpose can be set in advance, the exercise purpose may be stored in the storage unit 220 in advance.
- the movement purpose is limited to the position or velocity in the plane of the cone as the target value
- the movement purpose is the force as the target value Limited to
- the information on the range, the type, and the like of the target value that can be set as the instantaneous exercise purpose in these exercise purposes is It may be stored in the storage unit 220.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 can set various kinds of information regarding such exercise purpose as the exercise purpose.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 may be able to appropriately set by the user according to the application of the robot arm apparatus 10 or the like by which method the exercise purpose is set.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 may also set the exercise purpose and the restraint condition by appropriately combining the above-described methods.
- the priority of the exercise purpose may be set in the constraint conditions stored in the storage unit 220, and when there are a plurality of different exercise goals, the calculation condition setting unit 242 determines the constraint The exercise purpose may be set according to the priority of the condition.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 transmits the arm state and the set exercise purpose and restraint condition to the virtual force calculation unit 243.
- the virtual force calculation unit 243 calculates a virtual force in an operation related to whole-body cooperative control using generalized inverse dynamics.
- the calculation process of the virtual force performed by the virtual force calculation unit 243 may be, for example, a series of processes described in the above (6-2-2-1. Virtual force calculation process).
- the virtual force calculation unit 243 transmits the calculated virtual force f v to the real force calculation unit 244.
- the real force calculation unit 244 calculates real force in calculation relating to whole-body coordinated control using generalized inverse dynamics.
- the calculation process of the real force performed by the real force calculation unit 244 may be, for example, the series of processes described in the above (6-2-2-2. Real force calculation process).
- the real force calculation unit 244 transmits the calculated real force (generated torque) ⁇ a to the ideal joint control unit 250.
- the torque generated tau a calculated by actual force calculation section 244 in the sense that the control value of the joint portion 130 in the systemic cooperative control, also referred to as the control value or the control torque value.
- the ideal joint control unit 250 performs various operations on ideal joint control that realizes an ideal response based on a theoretical model.
- the ideal joint control unit 250 corrects the influence of the disturbance with respect to the generated torque ⁇ a calculated by the actual force calculation unit 244, thereby realizing a torque command that realizes an ideal response of the arm unit 120. Calculate the value ⁇ .
- the arithmetic processing performed by the ideal joint control unit 250 corresponds to the series of processing described above (for ideal joint control).
- the ideal joint control unit 250 includes a disturbance estimation unit 251 and a command value calculation unit 252.
- Disturbance estimation section 251 and the torque command value tau based on the rotational angular velocities calculated from the rotation angle q detected by the rotation angle detecting unit 133 calculates an estimated disturbance value tau d.
- the torque command value ⁇ mentioned here is a command value that represents the generated torque at the arm unit 120 that is ultimately transmitted to the robot arm device 10.
- the disturbance estimation unit 251 has a function corresponding to the disturbance observer 620 shown in FIG.
- the command value calculation unit 252 uses the disturbance estimated value ⁇ d calculated by the disturbance estimation unit 251 to finally generate a torque command that is a command value representing a torque to be generated in the arm unit 120 and transmitted to the robot arm apparatus 10. Calculate the value ⁇ . Specifically, the command value calculation unit 252 adds the disturbance estimated value ⁇ d calculated by the disturbance estimation unit 251 to ⁇ ref calculated from the ideal model of the joint unit 130 shown in the equation (12). The torque command value ⁇ is calculated. For example, if the disturbance estimated value tau d is not calculated, the torque command value tau is the torque target value tau ref. As described above, the function of the command value calculation unit 252 corresponds to the function other than the disturbance observer 620 shown in FIG.
- the information is repeatedly exchanged between the disturbance estimation unit 251 and the command value calculation unit 252, so that the series of processes described with reference to FIG. To be done.
- the ideal joint control unit 250 transmits the calculated torque command value ⁇ to the drive control unit 111 of the robot arm device 10.
- the drive control unit 111 controls the number of rotations of the motor by controlling the supply of the current amount corresponding to the transmitted torque command value ⁇ to the motor in the actuator of the joint unit 130. Control the rotation angle and generated torque at
- the drive control of the arm unit 120 in the robot arm apparatus 10 is continuously performed while the work using the arm unit 120 is performed. And the processing described above in the control device 20 is repeatedly performed. That is, the state of the joint unit 130 is detected by the joint state detection unit 132 of the robot arm device 10 and transmitted to the control device 20.
- various calculations related to whole-body coordinated control and ideal joint control for controlling the drive of the arm unit 120 are performed based on the state of the joint unit 130 and the exercise purpose and restraint condition, and the calculation result
- the torque command value ⁇ as is transmitted to the robot arm device 10.
- the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled based on the torque command value ⁇ , and the state of the joint unit 130 during or after driving is detected again by the joint state detection unit 132.
- the abnormality detection unit 260 detects an abnormality occurring in the joint unit 130 based on various types of information for detecting an abnormality in the joint unit 130.
- Information on the abnormality detected by the abnormality detection unit 260 is provided, for example, to the calculation condition setting unit 242 or stored in the storage unit 220.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 determines and determines an operation (abnormal avoidance operation, partial function stopping operation and function stopping operation) to be performed by the arm unit 120 according to the type of the abnormality based on the information on the abnormality.
- Calculation conditions for example, exercise purpose, restraint condition and internal model
- the virtual force calculation unit 243 and the actual force calculation unit 244 perform various types of calculation processing based on the calculation conditions set in this manner, whereby the selected abnormality avoidance operation, partial function stop operation and function stop operation are performed. A control value that achieves any of the pivoting motions will be calculated.
- the input unit 210 is an input interface for the user to input information, commands, and the like related to drive control of the robot arm apparatus 10 to the control device 20.
- the drive of the arm unit 120 of the robot arm apparatus 10 may be controlled based on the operation input from the input unit 210 by the user, and the position and orientation of the imaging unit 140 may be controlled.
- the instruction condition setting unit 242 inputs instruction information related to an instruction for driving the arm input from the input unit 210 by the user to the operation condition setting unit 242, so that the operation condition setting unit 242 generates the instruction information.
- the exercise purpose in whole body coordinated control may be set based on it. As described above, the whole body cooperative control is performed using the exercise purpose based on the instruction information input by the user, whereby the driving of the arm unit 120 according to the user's operation input is realized.
- the input unit 210 includes operation means operated by the user, such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a button, a switch, a lever, and a pedal.
- operation means operated by the user such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a button, a switch, a lever, and a pedal.
- the user can control the driving of the arm unit 120 by operating the pedal with the foot. Therefore, even when the user performs treatment with both hands on the treatment site of the patient, the position and posture of the imaging unit 140 by the operation of the pedal with the foot, that is, the imaging position and imaging angle of the treatment site Can be adjusted.
- the storage unit 220 stores various types of information processed by the control device 20.
- the storage unit 220 can store various parameters used in the calculation regarding the whole body cooperative control and the ideal joint control performed by the control unit 230.
- the storage unit 220 may store an exercise purpose, a constraint condition, and an internal model used in an operation related to whole-body coordination control by the whole-body coordination control unit 240.
- the exercise purpose stored in the storage unit 220 may be, as described above, an exercise purpose that may be preset, such as, for example, the imaging unit 140 being stopped at a predetermined point in space.
- the constraint conditions may be preset by the user and stored in the storage unit 220 according to the geometric configuration of the arm unit 120, the application of the robot arm apparatus 10, and the like.
- the storage unit 220 may also store various types of information regarding the arm unit 120 used when the arm state acquisition unit 241 acquires the arm state. Furthermore, the storage unit 220 may store the calculation result in the calculation regarding the whole body cooperative control and the ideal joint control by the control unit 230, each numerical value calculated in the calculation process, and the like. As described above, the storage unit 220 may store all the parameters related to various processes performed by the control unit 230. The control unit 230 performs various processes while mutually exchanging information with the storage unit 220. be able to.
- control device 20 The function and configuration of the control device 20 have been described above.
- the control device 20 according to the present embodiment can be configured by, for example, various information processing devices (arithmetic processing devices) such as a PC (Personal Computer) and a server.
- various information processing devices such as a PC (Personal Computer) and a server.
- PC Personal Computer
- display device 30 Next, the function and configuration of the display device 30 will be described.
- the display device 30 visually notifies the user of the information by displaying various information on the display screen in various formats such as texts and images.
- the display device 30 displays an image captured by the imaging unit 140 of the robot arm device 10 on the display screen.
- the display device 30 performs an image signal processing unit (not shown) that performs various image processing on the image signal acquired by the imaging unit 140, and an image based on the processed image signal on the display screen. It has the function and configuration of a display control unit (not shown) that performs control to display.
- the display device 30 may have various functions and configurations that the display device generally has, in addition to the functions and configurations described above.
- the display device 30 corresponds to the display device 550 shown in FIG.
- each component described above may be configured using a general-purpose member or circuit, or may be configured by hardware specialized for the function of each component. Further, all functions of each component may be performed by a CPU or the like. Therefore, it is possible to change the configuration to be used as appropriate according to the technical level at which the present embodiment is implemented.
- the arm unit 120 which is the multi-link structure in the robot arm device 10 has at least six degrees of freedom or more, and a plurality of arm units 120 constituting the arm unit 120.
- the drive control unit 111 controls the drive of each of the joint units 130.
- a medical instrument is provided at the tip of the arm 120.
- the drive control of the arm unit 120 with a higher degree of freedom is realized, and the medical robot arm device 10 with higher operability for the user is realized. .
- the state of the joint unit 130 is detected by the joint state detection unit 132.
- various calculations related to whole-body cooperative control using generalized inverse dynamics for controlling the drive of the arm unit 120 based on the state of the joint unit 130 and the exercise purpose and the constraint condition. Is performed to calculate a torque command value .tau.
- the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled based on the torque command value ⁇ .
- the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled by whole-body coordinated control using generalized inverse dynamics.
- ideal joint control is applied together with whole-body cooperative control.
- disturbance components such as friction and inertia inside the joint unit 130 are estimated, and feedforward control using the estimated disturbance components is performed. Therefore, even when there is a disturbance component such as friction, an ideal response can be realized for the drive of the joint unit 130. Therefore, in the drive control of the arm unit 120, highly accurate response and high positioning accuracy and stability with less influence of vibration and the like are realized.
- each of the plurality of joint units 130 constituting the arm unit 120 has a configuration adapted to the ideal joint control as shown in, for example, FIG.
- the generated torque and the viscous drag coefficient can be controlled by the current value.
- the drive of each joint unit 130 is controlled by the current value, and the drive of each joint unit 130 is controlled while grasping the entire state of the arm unit 120 by the whole body coordinated control, so that the counterbalance becomes unnecessary.
- the miniaturization of the robot arm device 10 is realized.
- the power assist operation controls the state of the joint unit 130 so as to cancel the gravity acting on the arm unit 120, and further supports the movement of the arm unit 120 in the direction of the externally applied force.
- the externally applied external torque is detected by the torque detection unit 134 and is generated in the same direction as the detected additional external torque.
- An instantaneous exercise objective of causing torque to be generated in each joint 130 is further set.
- the power assist operation is realized by controlling the drive of each joint unit 130 in accordance with such an instantaneous exercise purpose.
- the power assist operation allows the user to move the arm portion with a smaller force, so that a feeling as if the arm portion 120 is being moved under weightlessness can be obtained, and the operability of the arm portion 120 by the user is improved. improves.
- the tip unit provided at the tip of the arm unit 120 moves on the surface of a cone with the predetermined point at the top, with the direction of the tip unit fixed at the predetermined point in space.
- the pivoting operation is the pivoting axis of the cone.
- the imaging unit 140 provided at the tip of the arm unit 120 has the imaging direction of the imaging unit 140 fixed at a predetermined point in space. In the state, it is a pivoting motion with the axis of the cone as a pivot axis, which moves on the surface of the cone with the predetermined point as the apex.
- a treatment site is selected as a point that hits the apex of the cone in the pivoting motion.
- the pivoting operation may be performed in a state in which the distance between the tip unit or the imaging unit 140 and the point on the apex of the cone is kept constant.
- the pivoting operation is also referred to as a point locking operation.
- FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram for describing a pivoting operation which is a specific example of an arm operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 18 is an explanatory view for explaining an exercise purpose and a constraint condition for realizing the pivoting motion shown in FIG.
- the treatment site on the patient 750 is set at the top of the pivoting movement. It referred the vertex a pivot point P i.
- the imaging unit 713 that is a unit corresponding to the imaging unit 140 in FIG. 16 is illustrated.
- the imaging unit 713 in the pivoting operation, can move only on the circumference of the bottom of the cone A, that is, the distance between the imaging unit 713 and the pivot point P i is constant.
- the movement purpose and constraint conditions may be set so that the imaging unit 713 moves in the plane of the cone A in a maintained state.
- the shape of the cone A that is, the angle ⁇ of the apex of the cone A, and the distance between the pivot point P i and the imaging unit 713 may be appropriately set by the user.
- the distance between the pivot point P i and the imaging unit 713 is adjusted to the focal length of the optical system in the imaging unit 713.
- the imaging unit 713 may be able to move the position of the movable cone while the pivot point P i is fixed.
- the pivot of cone A is substantially perpendicular to the treatment site
- the pivot of cone B is substantially horizontal to the treatment site.
- the movement purpose and the constraint condition may be set so that the cone performing the pivoting motion can be rotated approximately 90 degrees while the pivot point P i is fixed.
- FIG. 17 shows an example in which the movement purpose and the restraint condition are set so that the imaging unit 713 can move only on the circumference of the bottom surface of the cone A, but in the present embodiment
- Such pivoting movement is not limited to such an example.
- the movement purpose and constraint conditions are set so that the distance between the pivot point P i and the imaging unit 713 can freely move. May be By applying such a pivoting motion, only the distance between the imaging unit 713 and the treatment site can be changed while the angle is fixed. Therefore, the focal length (focus) of the imaging unit 713 should be appropriately adjusted. As a result, it becomes possible to observe the treatment site that meets the needs of the user, such as observing the treatment site in an enlarged or reduced size.
- the arm unit 710 includes a plurality of joint units 711a, 711b, and 711c and a plurality of links 712a, 712b, and 712c, and the driving thereof is controlled by the whole body cooperative control and the ideal joint control according to the present embodiment.
- the arm portion 710 and its constituent members have the same configuration as the arm portion 420 and its constituent members according to the present embodiment shown in FIG.
- the arm coordinate system with zero point at the origin O A is the fulcrum of the arm portion 710, a spatial coordinate system with zero point at the origin O S in space.
- the motion of the arm unit 710 is managed by an arm coordinate system.
- the arm coordinate system and the space coordinate system are defined such that coordinate conversion to the mutual coordinate system is possible.
- P w be the imaging center viewed from the space coordinate system. Further, in the arm coordinate system from the joint portion 711c for connecting the image pickup unit 713 and the link 712c, a position apart by the focal length f of the imaging unit 713 itself length D and the image sensing unit 713 and the pivot point P i.
- the arm portion 710 is driven in a state where the pivot point P i and the imaging center P w match, providing the motion objects and constraints. That is, the constraint so as to fix the pivot point P i to the imaging center P w in the spatial coordinate system in the arm coordinate system provided in the arm coordinate system.
- the motion object such as coordinates or as an imaging unit 713 is located on a conical surface whose apex pivot points P i (i.e. imaging center P w)
- the imaging unit 713 faces the pivot point P i imaging
- the attitude of the unit 713 is set.
- the orientation of the imaging unit 713 is always the imaging center P w
- the distance between the imaging unit 713 and the imaging center P w is kept at the focal distance f while facing the pivot point P i . Therefore, the pivoting operation in a state where the distance between the imaging unit 713 and the imaging center P w is kept constant is realized.
- the pivot operation is performed while changing the distance between the imaging unit 713 and the imaging center P w (or the pivot point P i )
- the above-described setting method of the pivot point P i may be changed.
- a position separated by an arbitrary distance from the length D of the imaging unit 713 itself from the joint 711c is a pivot point Pi , and the arbitrary distance is a variable parameter. Good.
- pivoting operation and the power assist operation described above may be used in combination.
- the pivoting motion and the power assist motion are used in combination, for example, when the user manually moves the imaging unit 140, the user feels as if the imaging unit 140 is moved under weightlessness with less force.
- the imaging unit 140 can be moved, and the moving position of the imaging unit 140 is limited within the plane of the cone. Therefore, the operability of movement of the imaging unit 140 at the time of pivoting operation is improved.
- the power assist operation and the pivot operation have been described above as specific examples of the exercise purpose according to the present embodiment.
- the exercise purpose according to the present embodiment is not limited to such an example. In the present embodiment, for example, the following exercise purposes can also be realized.
- the coordinates of the imaging unit 140 may be set as an exercise purpose such that the position of the imaging unit 140 is fixed at a predetermined point.
- the exercise purpose and the constraint condition are set so that the joint unit 130 and the link are also fixed at a predetermined position and do not move.
- the movement purpose and the constraint condition are set so that the position of the imaging unit 140 is fixed although the joint unit 130 and the link move in response to the given external force. In the latter case, for example, when moving the arm unit 120 as it interferes with work, the position and posture of the other constituent members of the arm unit 120 are moved while the captured image by the imaging unit 140 is fixed. More flexible control is realized.
- an exercise purpose and restraint conditions are set so that an operation of stopping the driving of the arm unit 120 is realized immediately. It is also good. By performing such an operation, it is possible to reduce the risk when the arm unit 120 collides with a person or a thing.
- the contact of the arm unit 120 with a human or a thing may be detected by, for example, a change in external torque applied to the joint unit 130 by the joint state detection unit 132.
- an exercise purpose may be set so that the imaging unit 140 moves on a predetermined trajectory in space.
- the coordinates of each point representing the predetermined trajectory may be set as the exercise purpose.
- the movable range of the imaging unit 140 is limited to the trajectory.
- the speed of the imaging unit 140, the time to pass each point, and the like are set as exercise purposes, so that the imaging unit 140 can set a predetermined trajectory at a predetermined timing. It can also be an automated drive that moves automatically.
- the drive control according to such an exercise setting is effective, for example, when the robot arm device 10 automatically and repeatedly performs a predetermined operation.
- the exercise purpose and the constraint condition may be set such that an operation in which the arm unit 120 does not intrude into a predetermined area in space is realized.
- the user performs surgery while viewing the display screen. Therefore, if the arm unit 120 is located in the area between the user and the display screen, it may block the user's view, leading to a decrease in the efficiency of the operation. Therefore, for example, by setting the area between the user and the display screen as the entry prohibited area of the arm unit 120, the efficiency of the surgery can be improved.
- the freedom of the arm 120 be more than 6 degrees of freedom. This is because, since it is possible to use more than six degrees of freedom as redundant degrees of freedom, it is possible to cope with the above-mentioned intrusion-prevented region etc while securing the six degrees of freedom drive.
- the configuration of a robot arm apparatus provided with an arm unit having more than six degrees of freedom will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 19 is a schematic view showing the appearance of a modification having redundant degrees of freedom in a robot arm apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Also in FIG. 19, the same coordinate axis as the direction defined in FIG. 12 is shown.
- a robot arm apparatus 450 includes a base 460 and an arm 470.
- the arm unit 470 further includes a plurality of joints 471 a to 471 g, a plurality of links 472 a to 472 d mutually connected by the joints 471 a to 471 g, and an imaging unit 473 provided at the tip of the arm 470.
- the robot arm apparatus 450 shown in FIG. 19 corresponds to a configuration in which the degree of freedom of the arm portion 470 is increased by one with respect to the robot arm apparatus 400 described with reference to FIG.
- the functions and configurations of the base 460, the individual joints 471a to 471g and the links 472a to 472d, and the imaging unit 473 are the same as those of the base 410 of the robot arm apparatus 400 described with reference to FIG.
- the functions and configurations of the units 421a to 421f, the links 422a to 422c, and the imaging unit 423 are the same as those of the units 421a to 421f and the imaging unit 423.
- the configuration of the arm unit 470 which is the difference from the robot arm apparatus 400 will be mainly described.
- the robot arm device 450 has seven joint portions 471a to 471g, and seven degrees of freedom are realized with respect to driving of the arm portion 470.
- one end of the link 472a is connected to the base 460, and the other end of the link 472a is connected to one end of the link 472b via the joint 421a.
- the other end of the link 422b is connected to one end of the link 472c via the joints 471b and 471c.
- the other end of the link 472c is connected to one end of the link 472d through the joints 471d and 471e, and the other end of the link 472d is connected to the imaging unit 473 through the joints 471f and 471g.
- the ends of the plurality of links 472a to 472d are connected to each other by the joints 471a to 471g with the base portion 460 as a fulcrum, whereby an arm portion 470 extended from the base portion 460 is configured.
- the long axis direction of each of the connected links 472b to 472d and the imaging direction of the connected imaging unit 473 are taken as the rotation axis direction.
- the joints 471b, 471d, and 471f rotate in the x-axis direction, which is the direction in which the connection angles of the connected links 472c to 472d and the imaging unit 473 are changed in the yz plane. It is provided to be a direction.
- the joints 471a, 471c, 471e, and 471g have a function of performing so-called yawing
- the joints 471b, 471d, and 471f have a function of performing so-called pitching
- the robot arm apparatus 450 realizes seven degrees of freedom with respect to the drive of the arm unit 470, so that the imaging unit is within the movable range of the arm unit 470. 473 can be moved freely in space and has redundant degrees of freedom.
- a hemisphere is illustrated as an example of the movable range of the imaging unit 473 as in FIG. 12. Assuming that the central point of the hemisphere is the imaging center of the treatment site imaged by the imaging unit 473, the imaging unit 473 is moved on the spherical surface of the hemisphere with the imaging center of the imaging unit 473 fixed at the central point of the hemisphere.
- the robot arm apparatus 450 can limit the trajectory of the arm unit 470 as well as the movement of the imaging unit 473 on the hemisphere by further having one redundant degree of freedom, and the intrusion described above Restraint conditions such as prohibited areas can be easily coped with.
- the intrusion prevention area for example, the drive of the arm unit 470 is controlled so that the arm unit 470 does not exist between the monitor on which the image captured by the imaging unit 473 is displayed and the practitioner and the staff. And prevent the practitioner and staff from seeing the monitor.
- an intrusion prevention area it is possible to control the drive of the arm unit 470 so that the arm unit 470 moves while avoiding interference (contact) with the practitioner, the staff, and other surrounding devices. Become.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a robot arm control method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the robot arm control method according to the present embodiment is realized by the configuration of the robot arm control system 1 shown in FIG. 16 as an example. Therefore, it can be said that the robot arm control method according to the present embodiment is a medical robot arm control method.
- the functions of the components of the robot arm control system 1 shown in FIG. And the detailed description will be omitted.
- step S801 the state of the joint unit 130 is detected by the joint state detection unit 132.
- the state of the joint unit 130 is, for example, a rotation angle at the joint unit 130, a generated torque, and / or an external torque.
- the arm state acquisition unit 241 acquires an arm state based on the state of the joint unit 130 detected in step S801.
- the arm state refers to the state of motion of the arm unit 120, and may be, for example, the position, velocity, acceleration, or force acting on each component of the arm unit 120.
- step S805 based on the arm state acquired in step S803, the operation condition setting unit 242 sets an exercise purpose and a constraint condition used in the calculation in the whole-body coordinated control.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 does not have to set the exercise purpose based on the arm state, and for example, sets the exercise purpose based on the instruction information on the drive of the arm unit 120 input by the user from the input unit 210
- the exercise purpose stored in advance in the storage unit 220 may be used. Furthermore, the exercise purpose may be set by appropriately combining the above-described methods.
- the calculation condition setting unit 242 may use a constraint condition stored in advance in the storage unit 220.
- step S 807 based on the arm state, the exercise purpose, and the restraint condition, calculation for whole-body coordinated control using generalized inverse dynamics is performed, and the control value ⁇ a is calculated.
- the process performed in step S 807 has been described in the series of processes in virtual force calculation unit 243 and actual force calculation unit 244 shown in FIG. 16, that is, in the above (6-2-2. Generalized inverse dynamics). It may be a series of processes.
- step S809 the calculated disturbance estimated value tau d is, by using the estimated disturbance value tau d, calculation of ideal joint control is performed, the command value tau is calculated from the control value tau a.
- the process performed in step S 809 may be a series of processes in the ideal joint control unit 250 shown in FIG. 16, that is, a series of processes described in the above (6-2-3. Ideal joint control).
- step S811 the drive control unit 111 controls the drive of the joint unit 130 based on the command value ⁇ .
- the arm unit 120 which is the multi-link structure in the robot arm device 10 has at least six degrees of freedom or more, and a plurality of arm units 120 constituting the arm unit 120.
- the drive control unit 111 controls the drive of each of the joint units 130.
- a medical instrument is provided at the tip of the arm 120.
- the drive control of the arm unit 120 with a higher degree of freedom is realized, and the medical robot arm device 10 with higher operability for the user is realized. .
- the state of the joint unit 130 is detected by the joint state detection unit 132.
- various calculations related to whole-body cooperative control using generalized inverse dynamics for controlling the drive of the arm unit 120 based on the state of the joint unit 130 and the exercise purpose and the constraint condition. Is performed to calculate a torque command value .tau.
- the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled based on the torque command value ⁇ .
- the drive of the arm unit 120 is controlled by whole-body coordinated control using generalized inverse dynamics.
- ideal joint control is applied together with whole-body cooperative control.
- disturbance components such as friction and inertia inside the joint unit 130 are estimated, and feedforward control using the estimated disturbance components is performed. Therefore, even when there is a disturbance component such as friction, an ideal response can be realized for the drive of the joint unit 130. Therefore, in the drive control of the arm unit 120, highly accurate response and high positioning accuracy and stability with less influence of vibration and the like are realized.
- each of the plurality of joint units 130 constituting the arm unit 120 has a configuration adapted to the ideal joint control as shown in, for example, FIG.
- the generated torque and the viscous drag coefficient can be controlled by the current value.
- the drive of each joint unit 130 is controlled by the current value, and the drive of each joint unit 130 is controlled while grasping the entire state of the arm unit 120 by the whole body coordinated control, so that the counterbalance becomes unnecessary.
- the miniaturization of the robot arm device 10 is realized.
- the present embodiment it is possible to satisfy all the performances required for the robot arm device described in the above (6-1. Examination of medical robot arm device). Therefore, in various treatments using the robot arm apparatus according to the present embodiment, the treatment can be performed more efficiently, and it is realized that the fatigue and burden of the user and the patient can be further reduced.
- the arm unit 120 of the robot arm apparatus 10 is driven by force control, and even if the arm unit 120 interferes (contacts) the practitioner or staff during the operation, the arm unit 120 The arm unit 120 is safely stopped without generating an excessive force. Then, when released from the interference, the arm unit 120 moves to a desired position according to the set exercise purpose, and the treatment is continued.
- force control for drive control of the robot arm apparatus 10 higher safety is ensured against interference between the arm unit 120 and surrounding objects during driving. .
- the distal end unit of the arm unit of the robot arm apparatus is the imaging unit, and as shown in FIG. 11, the case where the operation unit is imaged by the imaging unit at the time of surgery was described. Is not limited to such an example.
- the robot arm control system 1 according to the present embodiment is applicable even when a robot arm device having another tip unit is used for another application.
- the tip unit may be an endoscope or a laparoscope, or may be another inspection device such as an ultrasonic examination device or a gastroscope.
- a laparoscope is inserted into a patient's body, and while observing an image taken by the laparoscope, various kinds of surgical instruments such as forceps and an electric knife are inserted. The action is taken.
- various kinds of surgical instruments such as forceps and an electric knife are inserted.
- the action is taken.
- the operation can be performed by one user, which is more efficient. Treatment becomes possible.
- the robot arm apparatus which concerns on this embodiment may be used for uses other than a medical treatment.
- the robot arm apparatus according to the present embodiment high accuracy response and high stability are realized by the ideal joint control, so that it is possible to cope with, for example, processing or assembly of industrial parts that require high accuracy. is there.
- the joint of the robot arm apparatus has the rotation mechanism, and the drive of the arm is controlled by controlling the rotational drive of the rotation mechanism.
- the robot arm apparatus according to the present embodiment has a mechanism (for example, one driven by oil pressure or one driving a ball screw) in which the link constituting the arm unit expands and contracts in the extension direction of the link.
- the length may be variable.
- the drive of the arm unit is controlled to achieve a desired exercise purpose by whole-body coordinated control in which the extension and contraction of the link are taken into consideration in addition to the rotation at the joint.
- the said embodiment demonstrated the case where the freedom degree of the arm part in a robot arm apparatus is 6 or more degrees of freedom, this embodiment is not limited to this example.
- the case has been described where the plurality of joints constituting the arm in the robot arm apparatus all have an actuator corresponding to the ideal joint control, the present embodiment is not limited to such an example.
- various exercise purposes may be set according to the application of the robot arm device. Therefore, the arm may have a degree of freedom lower than 6 degrees of freedom, as long as the set exercise purpose can be achieved, and some of the joints constituting the arm are generally Joint having a typical joint mechanism may be used.
- the configuration of the arm unit may be configured to be able to achieve an exercise purpose, and may be appropriately configured according to the application of the robot arm device.
- FIG. 21 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the robot arm apparatus 10 and the control apparatus 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20 mainly include a CPU 901, a ROM 903 and a RAM 905. Further, the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20 further include a host bus 907, a bridge 909, an external bus 911, an interface 913, an input device 915, an output device 917, a storage device 919, and a drive 921. , A connection port 923, and a communication device 925.
- the CPU 901 functions as an arithmetic processing unit and a control unit, and according to various programs recorded in the ROM 903, the RAM 905, the storage unit 919 or the removable recording medium 927, the entire operation in the robot arm unit 10 and the control unit 20 or a part thereof. Control.
- the ROM 903 stores programs used by the CPU 901, calculation parameters, and the like.
- the RAM 905 primarily stores programs used by the CPU 901, parameters that appropriately change in the execution of the programs, and the like. These are mutually connected by a host bus 907 constituted by an internal bus such as a CPU bus.
- the CPU 901 corresponds to, for example, the arm control unit 110, the joint control unit 135, and the control unit 230 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 16 in the present embodiment.
- the host bus 907 is connected to an external bus 911 such as a peripheral component interconnect / interface (PCI) bus via the bridge 909. Further, to the external bus 911, an input device 915, an output device 917, a storage device 919, a drive 921, a connection port 923, and a communication device 925 are connected via an interface 913.
- PCI peripheral component interconnect / interface
- the input device 915 is an operation unit operated by the user, such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a button, a switch, a lever, and a pedal. Further, the input device 915 may be, for example, a remote control means (so-called remote control) using infrared rays or other radio waves, or a mobile phone or PDA corresponding to the operation of the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20
- the external connection device 929 may be used.
- the input device 915 includes, for example, an input control circuit that generates an input signal based on the information input by the user using the above-described operation means, and outputs the generated input signal to the CPU 901.
- the user of the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20 can input various data to the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20 and instruct processing operations by operating the input device 915.
- the input device 915 corresponds to, for example, the input unit 210 shown in FIG. 16 in the present embodiment.
- the exercise purpose in the drive of the arm unit 120 may be set by the operation input by the user via the input device 915, and the whole body cooperative control may be performed according to the exercise purpose.
- the output device 917 is configured of a device capable of visually or aurally notifying the user of the acquired information.
- Such devices include display devices such as CRT display devices, liquid crystal display devices, plasma display devices, EL display devices and lamps, audio output devices such as speakers and headphones, and printer devices.
- the output device 917 outputs, for example, results obtained by various processes performed by the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20.
- the display device displays the results obtained by the various processes performed by the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20 in text or image.
- the audio output device converts an audio signal composed of reproduced audio data, acoustic data and the like into an analog signal and outputs it.
- various pieces of information regarding drive control of the arm unit 120 may be output from the output device 917 in any form.
- a locus of movement of each component of the arm unit 120 in drive control of the arm unit 120 may be displayed on the display screen of the output device 917 in the form of a graph.
- the display device 30 illustrated in FIG. 16 may be a device including the function and configuration of the output device 917 as a display device, and the configuration of a control unit for controlling the driving of the display device.
- the storage device 919 is a device for data storage configured as an example of a storage unit of the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20.
- the storage device 919 is configured of, for example, a magnetic storage unit device such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a semiconductor storage device, an optical storage device, a magneto-optical storage device, or the like.
- the storage device 919 stores programs executed by the CPU 901, various data, and the like.
- the storage device 919 corresponds to, for example, the storage unit 220 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 16 in the present embodiment.
- the storage device 919 can store the calculation conditions (exercise purpose and restraint condition) in calculation related to whole-body coordinated control using generalized inverse dynamics, and the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20 may use these computing conditions stored in the storage device 919 to perform computations regarding whole-body coordinated control.
- the drive 921 is a reader / writer for a recording medium, and is built in or externally attached to the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20.
- the drive 921 reads out information recorded in a removable recording medium 927 such as a mounted magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory, and outputs the information to the RAM 905.
- the drive 921 can also write a record on a removable recording medium 927 such as a mounted magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory.
- the removable recording medium 927 is, for example, a DVD medium, an HD-DVD medium, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) medium, or the like.
- the removable recording medium 927 may be Compact Flash (registered trademark) (CF: Compact Flash), a flash memory, an SD memory card (Secure Digital memory card), or the like.
- the removable recording medium 927 may be, for example, an IC card (Integrated Circuit card) equipped with a non-contact IC chip, an electronic device, or the like.
- various information regarding drive control of the arm unit 120 may be read from the various removable recording media 927 by the drive 921 or may be written to the various removable recording media 927.
- the connection port 923 is a port for directly connecting the device to the robot arm device 10 and the control device 20.
- Examples of the connection port 923 include a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, an IEEE 1394 port, and a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) port.
- USB Universal Serial Bus
- SCSI Small Computer System Interface
- the connection port 923 there are an RS-232C port, an optical audio terminal, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI (registered trademark)) port, and the like.
- HDMI registered trademark
- various types of information related to the drive control of the arm unit 120 may be read from various external connection devices 929 via the connection port 923 or may be written to various external connection devices 929.
- the communication device 925 is, for example, a communication interface configured of a communication device or the like for connecting to a communication network (network) 931.
- the communication device 925 is, for example, a communication card for a wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network), Bluetooth (registered trademark) or WUSB (Wireless USB).
- the communication device 925 may be a router for optical communication, a router for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), a modem for various communications, or the like.
- the communication device 925 can transmit and receive signals and the like according to a predetermined protocol such as TCP / IP, for example, with the Internet or another communication device.
- the communication device 925 corresponds to, for example, the communication units 150 and 270 shown in FIG. 2 in the present embodiment.
- the communication network 931 connected to the communication device 925 is configured by a network or the like connected by wire or wireless, and may be, for example, the Internet, home LAN, infrared communication, radio wave communication, satellite communication, etc. .
- each joint unit 130 of the robot arm device 10 and the arm unit 120 use the communication device 925 to perform various types of information for detecting an abnormality and various types of information regarding drive control of the arm unit 120. , May mutually transmit and receive.
- various types of information regarding drive control of the arm unit 120 may be mutually transmitted and received by the communication device 925 via the communication network 931 with other external devices.
- a computer program for realizing the functions of the robot arm apparatus 10, the control apparatus 20, and the display apparatus 30 according to the present embodiment as described above can be prepared and implemented on a personal computer or the like.
- a computer readable recording medium in which such a computer program is stored can be provided.
- the recording medium is, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory or the like.
- the above computer program may be distributed via, for example, a network without using a recording medium.
- An arm unit configured by connecting a plurality of links by a joint unit, and a drive control unit that drives the arm unit by controlling the drive of the joint unit, the drive control unit includes: When an abnormality is detected in at least one of the joint units, the drive of the joint unit is controlled in a state where a predetermined restriction is placed on the movement of the arm unit to avoid the abnormality.
- a robot arm device for driving the arm unit includes:
- An abnormality in the joint is detected based on a torque generated in the joint according to a pressing force applied to an external object by the contact of the arm, and the drive control unit detects the arm
- the robot arm device according to (1) wherein the drive of the joint unit is controlled to drive the arm unit in a state where the pressing force is limited to a predetermined range with respect to the movement of the arm.
- a sensor for detecting the force acting on the tip unit is further provided, and based on the torque generated in the joint unit according to the force acting on the tip unit and the force detected by the sensor, The robot arm device according to (3), wherein an abnormality of the joint portion is detected.
- the abnormality of the joint unit is detected based on the rotation angle of the joint unit, and the drive control unit restricts the rotation angle of the joint unit to a predetermined range with respect to the movement of the arm unit
- the robot arm device according to (1) wherein in the state, the drive of the joint unit is controlled to drive the arm unit.
- the abnormality of the joint is detected based on the rotational angular velocity of the joint, and the drive controller limits the rotational angular velocity of the joint to a predetermined range with respect to the movement of the arm.
- the robot arm device according to (1) wherein in the state, the drive of the joint unit is controlled to drive the arm unit.
- the joint unit has a joint state detection unit that detects the state of the joint unit, and an abnormality of the joint unit is determined based on the state of the joint unit detected by the joint state detection unit.
- the robot arm device according to any one of (1) to (6).
- the state of the joint is determined by the rotational angle of the motor, the rotational angle of the output shaft, the torque of the output shaft, the current supplied to the motor, and the surrounding of the motor in an actuator provided for driving the joint.
- the robot arm device including at least one of temperatures.
- the drive control unit controls the drive of the joint in a state in which the movement of the arm is provided with a predetermined restriction according to the type of the abnormality detected in the joint, and the abnormality is An abnormality avoiding operation for driving the arm unit so as to avoid the problem, and a drive of other joint units other than the joint unit where the abnormality is detected to control the arm unit so as to reduce the degree of freedom of the arm unit.
- the robot arm device controls (10)
- the drive control unit controls the drive of the joint unit based on the state of the arm unit acquired based on the detected states of the plurality of joint units, (1) to (9)
- the robot arm device according to any one of the above.
- the drive control unit controls the drive of the joint unit based on the state of the arm unit and a control value for cooperative control of the arm unit based on the movement purpose and restraint condition of the arm unit.
- the robot arm device according to (10).
- the control value is a virtual force that is a virtual force applied to achieve the movement purpose in the operation space that describes the relationship between the force acting on the arm part and the acceleration generated on the arm part (11), wherein the force is calculated based on the force and the actual force obtained by converting the virtual force to a real force for driving the joint based on the constraint condition Robot arm device.
- the command value is calculated by correcting the control value using a disturbance estimated value representing the influence of disturbance on the drive of the joint estimated based on the detected state of the joint.
- the robot arm device according to (13).
- the drive control unit is configured to generate a force that compensates for gravity acting on the arm unit and a force that supports movement of the arm unit in the direction of a force further applied from the outside.
- the robot arm device according to any one of (11) to (14), which controls driving.
- the drive control unit drives the joint unit so that the tip unit provided at the tip of the arm unit performs a pivoting motion to move on the surface of a conical body whose apex is a predetermined point in space.
- the robot arm device according to any one of (11) to (14), which controls.
- (17) The robot arm device according to (16), wherein in the pivoting operation, the distance between the tip unit and the predetermined point is kept constant.
- a function of detecting abnormality of at least one of the joints in an arm configured by connecting a plurality of links to each other by a joint to a processor of a computer, and a predetermined restriction on movement of the arm
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Description
1.ロボットアーム装置の安全性についての検討
2.ロボットアーム制御システムの機能構成
3.ロボットアーム制御システムのハードウェア構成
4.動作判断方法の処理手順
5.各処理の詳細について
5-1.異常検出処理
5-2.異常回避動作
5-3.一部機能停止動作
5-4.機能停止動作
6.全身協調制御について
6-1.医療用ロボットアーム装置についての検討
6-2.本開示の一実施形態
6-2-1.ロボットアーム装置の外観
6-2-2.一般化逆動力学について
6-2-2-1.仮想力算出処理
6-2-2-2.実在力算出処理
6-2-3.理想関節制御について
6-2-4.ロボットアーム制御システムの構成
6-2-5.運動目的の具体例
6-3.ロボットアーム制御方法の処理手順
6-4.全身協調制御に係るロボットアーム装置のまとめ
7.ハードウェア構成
8.補足
まず、本開示の好適な一実施形態について説明するに先立ち、医療用ロボットアーム装置を例に挙げ、安全性の観点からロボットアーム装置に求められる性能について説明する。
図1を参照して、本開示の一実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御システムの機能構成について説明する。図1は、本開示の一実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御システムの概略構成を示す機能ブロック図である。
次に、図2を参照して、本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御システムのハードウェア構成について説明する。図2は、本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御システムのハードウェア構成を示すブロック図である。なお、図2に示すブロック図は、図1に示す機能ブロック図に対応するものであり、図1に示す各機能ブロックを構成するハードウェアを図示したものに対応する。また、図2では、簡単のため、図1に示す構成の中でも、本実施形態に係る異常検出に関係する構成について主に図示し、その他の構成については図示を省略している。
図2を参照すると、制御装置20が有する構成として、通信ユニット270及び制御用CPU280が図示されている。通信ユニット270は、ロボットアーム装置の各関節部130(より詳細には後述する関節部130の通信ユニット150)との間で各種の情報を相互に送受信する通信インターフェースである。本実施形態では、通信ユニット270によって、各関節部130から送信される、関節部130の異常を検出するための各種の情報が受信される。また、通信ユニット270によって、制御用CPU280によって演算されたアーム部120の各関節部130の制御量についての情報が、各関節部130に送信される。
各関節部130は、通信ユニット150、関節制御用CPU160、モータドライバユニット170及びアクチュエータ180を有する。通信ユニット150は、他の関節部130の通信ユニット150及び制御装置20の通信ユニット270との間で各種の情報を相互に送受信する通信インターフェースである。本実施形態では、通信ユニット150によって、関節部130の異常を検出するための各種の情報が、各関節部130から制御装置20に送信される。また、通信ユニット150によって、制御用CPU280によって演算されたアーム部120の各関節部130の制御量についての情報が受信される。
ここで、図3-図5を参照して、関節制御用CPU160における、アクチュエータ180の駆動を制御するための構成について詳細に説明する。図3-図5では、上述した関節制御用CPU160におけるアクチュエータ180を駆動するための構成(例えば、図1に示す駆動制御部111に対応する構成)を詳細に図示するとともに、アクチュエータ180を駆動する際における、関節制御用CPU160とアクチュエータ180との間の情報のやり取りが図示されている。
上述したように、本実施形態では、アクチュエータ180に各種のセンサが搭載される。ここでは、図6を参照して、アクチュエータ180に搭載されるセンサの構成について説明する。図6は、アクチュエータ180に搭載されるセンサの一構成例を示すブロック図である。
次に、図7を参照して、本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御方法の処理手順について説明する。図7は、本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御方法の処理手順の一例を示すフロー図である。なお、図7に示す各処理は、例えば図1に示すロボットアーム制御システム2の機能構成によって実現され得る。また、ここで説明するロボットアーム制御方法は、アーム部120の駆動において異常を検出した際における一連の処理手順に関するものである。例えば制御量の演算等、アーム部120の駆動を制御する際のより詳細な制御方法については、図10を参照して後述する。
次に、図7に示す処理手順の中でも、ステップS101の異常検出処理、ステップS107の異常回避動作、ステップS111の一部機能停止動作及びステップS113の機能停止動作のそれぞれについて詳細に説明する。
まず、本実施形態に係る異常検出処理について説明する。図1及び図6を参照して上述したように、本実施形態では、アクチュエータ180に備えられる各種のセンサによる検出値(すなわち、関節状態検出部132によって検出される関節部130の状態)に基づいて、各関節部130の異常が検出され得る。当該センサとしては、例えば、電流センサ182、トルクセンサ183、モータ角度センサ184a、出力軸角度センサ184b及び温度センサ187が設けられる。
次に、本実施形態に係る異常回避動作について説明する。異常回避動作では、アーム部120の運動に対して所定の制限が設けられた状態で関節部130の駆動が制御され、当該異常を回避するようにアーム部120が駆動される。当該所定の制限とは、検出された異常を回避するようにアーム部120が駆動するような制限であってよい。例えば、当該所定の制限は、アーム部120の各関節部130におけるトルク(発生トルク及び外トルク)や各関節部130の回転角度、回転角速度及び回転角加速度に対する数値的な制限であり得る。これにより、例えばアーム部120や先端ユニット145が術者や患者に過大な力及び速度で衝突することが回避される。
次に、本実施形態に係る一部機能停止動作について説明する。一部機能停止動作では、関節部130のいずれかに異常が検出された場合に、異常が検出された関節部130以外の他の関節部130の駆動が制御され、自由度を下げた状態でアーム部120が駆動される。
次に、本実施形態に係る機能停止動作について説明する。機能停止動作では、アーム部120の機能が停止されることとなるが、例えば各関節部130の駆動制御が全く行われないようにその機能が停止されると、各関節部130が重力に任せて自由に回転してしまうと、患者の上にアーム部120が落下する等の危険が生じ得る。従って、本実施形態に係る機能停止動作では、より安全にアーム部120の機能が停止される。
以下では、本実施形態に係る全身協調制御を実現するための制御システムの構成や、制御方法について説明する。上述したように、以上説明したロボットアーム制御システム2や、ロボットアーム制御方法は、医療用のロボットアーム装置に対して好適に適用されることにより、安全性を向上させることができる。そこで、以下では、医療用ロボットアーム装置を例に挙げて、ロボットアーム装置の全身協調制御の一実施形態について説明を行う。
まず、本開示をより明確なものとするために、本発明者らが以下に説明する実施形態に想到するに至った背景について説明する。
以下では、本開示の一実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御システムについて説明する。本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御システムにおいては、ロボットアーム装置に設けられる複数の関節部の駆動を、一般化逆動力学を用いた全身協調制御により制御する。更に、外乱の影響を補正することにより指令値に対する理想的な応答を実現する理想関節制御を当該関節部の駆動制御に適用する。
まず、図12を参照して、本開示の一実施形態に係るロボットアーム装置の概略構成について説明する。図12は、本開示の一実施形態に係るロボットアーム装置の外観を示す概略図である。
次に、本実施形態におけるロボットアーム装置400の全身協調制御に用いられる一般化逆動力学の概要について説明する。
多リンク構造体の各関節部におけるある物理量によって構成されるベクトルを一般化変数qと呼ぶ(関節値q又は関節空間qとも呼称する。)。操作空間xは、一般化変数qの時間微分値とヤコビアンJとを用いて、以下の数式(1)で定義される。
一般化逆動力学の第2段階である実在力算出処理では、上記(6-2-2-1.仮想力決定プロセス)で得られた仮想力fvを、実在の関節力と外力で置換する処理を行う。仮想力による一般化力τv=Jv Tfvを関節部に生じる発生トルクτaと外力feとで実現するための条件は、下記数式(8)で表現される。
次に、本実施形態に係る理想関節制御について説明する。各関節部421a~421fの運動は、下記数式(12)の二次遅れ系の運動方程式によってモデル化される。
次に、上記(6-2-2.一般化逆動力学について)及び上記(6-2-3.理想関節制御について)で説明した全身協調制御や理想関節制御がロボットアーム装置の駆動制御に適用された、本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御システムの構成について説明する。
次に、本実施形態に係る運動目的の具体例について説明する。上記(6-2-4.ロボットアーム制御システムの構成)で説明したように、本実施形態においては、全身協調制御によって各種の運動目的が実現される。ここでは、本実施形態に係る運動目的の具体例として、パワーアシスト動作と、ピボット動作について説明する。なお、以下の運動目的の具体例についての説明では、図16に示す機能ブロック図における参照番号を用いて、本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御システムの構成部材を表す。
次に、図20を参照して、本開示の一実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御方法の処理手順について説明する。図20は、本開示の一実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御方法の処理手順を示すフロー図である。なお、以下では、図16に示すロボットアーム制御システム1の構成によって本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御方法が実現される場合を例に挙げて説明を行う。従って、本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御方法は医療用ロボットアーム制御方法であると言える。なお、以下の本実施形態に係るロボットアーム制御方法の処理手順についての説明において、図16に示すロボットアーム制御システム1の各構成の機能については、上記(6-2-4.ロボットアーム制御システムの構成)で既に説明しているため、詳細な説明は省略する。
以上説明したように、本実施形態においては、以下の効果を得ることができる。
次に、図21を参照しながら、図1及び図16に示す、本実施形態に係るロボットアーム装置10及び制御装置20のハードウェア構成について、詳細に説明する。図21は、本開示の一実施形態に係るロボットアーム装置10及び制御装置20のハードウェア構成の一構成例を示す機能ブロック図である。
以上、添付図面を参照しながら本開示の好適な実施形態について詳細に説明したが、本開示の技術的範囲はかかる例に限定されない。本開示の技術分野における通常の知識を有する者であれば、特許請求の範囲に記載された技術的思想の範疇内において、各種の変更例または修正例に想到し得ることは明らかであり、これらについても、当然に本開示の技術的範囲に属するものと了解される。
(1)複数のリンクが関節部によって互いに連結されて構成されるアーム部と、前記関節部の駆動を制御することにより前記アーム部を駆動させる駆動制御部と、を備え、前記駆動制御部は、前記関節部の少なくともいずれかに異常が検出された場合に、前記アーム部の運動に対して所定の制限が設けられた状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して、当該異常を回避するように前記アーム部を駆動させる、ロボットアーム装置。
(2)前記アーム部が接触することにより外部の物体に与えられる押圧力に応じて前記関節部に生じるトルクに基づいて、前記関節部の異常が検出され、前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の運動に対して前記押圧力が所定の範囲に制限された状態で、前記関節部の駆動を制御して前記アーム部を駆動させる、前記(1)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(3)前記押圧力は、前記アーム部の先端に設けられる先端ユニットによって外部の物体に与えられる力である、前記(2)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(4)前記先端ユニットに作用する力を検出するセンサが更に備えられ、前記先端ユニットに作用する力に応じて前記関節部に生じるトルクと、前記センサによって検出される力と、に基づいて、前記関節部の異常が検出される、前記(3)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(5)前記関節部の異常は、前記関節部の回転角度に基づいて検出され、前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の運動に対して前記関節部の回転角度が所定の範囲に制限された状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して前記アーム部を駆動させる、前記(1)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(6)前記関節部の異常は、前記関節部の回転角速度に基づいて検出され、前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の運動に対して前記関節部の回転角速度が所定の範囲に制限された状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して前記アーム部を駆動させる、前記(1)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(7)前記関節部は、前記関節部の状態を検出する関節状態検出部を有し、前記関節部の異常は、前記関節状態検出部によって検出される前記関節部の状態に基づいて判断される、前記(1)~(6)のいずれか1項に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(8)前記関節部の状態は、前記関節部を駆動するために設けられるアクチュエータにおける、モータの回転角度、出力軸の回転角度、出力軸のトルク、モータに供給される電流及びモータの周囲の温度の少なくともいずれかを含む、前記(7)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(9)前記駆動制御部は、前記関節部で検出された異常の種類に応じて、前記アーム部の運動に所定の制限が設けられた状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して、当該異常を回避するように前記アーム部を駆動させる異常回避動作と、異常が検出された前記関節部以外の他の前記関節部の駆動を制御して前記アーム部の自由度を低下させた状態で前記アーム部を駆動させる一部機能停止動作と、前記アーム部を構成する全ての前記関節部の動きが固定される機能停止動作と、のいずれかの動作が実行されるように前記関節部の駆動を制御する、前記(1)~(8)のいずれか1項に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(10)前記駆動制御部は、検出された複数の前記関節部の状態に基づいて取得される前記アーム部の状態に基づいて前記関節部の駆動を制御する、前記(1)~(9)のいずれか1項に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(11)記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の状態と、前記アーム部の運動目的及び拘束条件に基づく前記アーム部の協調制御のための制御値と、に基づいて前記関節部の駆動を制御する、前記(10)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(12)前記制御値は、前記アーム部に作用する力と前記アーム部に発生する加速度との関係を記述する操作空間において前記運動目的を達成するために作用される仮想的な力である仮想力と、前記拘束条件に基づいて前記仮想力が前記関節部を駆動するための実在の力に変換されることにより求められる実在力と、に基づいて算出される、前記(11)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(13)前記駆動制御部は、前記制御値に対して外乱の影響を補正することにより算出される指令値、に基づいて前記関節部の駆動を制御する、前記(11)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(14)前記指令値は、検出された前記関節部の状態に基づいて推定される前記関節部の駆動に対する外乱の影響を表す外乱推定値を用いて、前記制御値を補正することにより算出される、前記(13)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(15)前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部に作用する重力を補償する力、及び外部から更に与えられた力の方向への前記アーム部の移動をサポートする力を生じるように前記関節部の駆動を制御する、前記(11)~(14)のいずれか1項に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(16)前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の先端に設けられる先端ユニットが空間上の所定の点を頂点とした円錐体の面上を移動するピボット動作を行うように前記関節部の駆動を制御する、前記(11)~(14)のいずれか1項に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(17)前記ピボット動作において、前記先端ユニットと前記所定の点との距離は一定に保たれる、前記(16)に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(18)前記ロボットアーム装置は、前記アーム部に少なくとも1つの医療用器具が設けられる、医療用ロボットアーム装置である、前記(1)~(17)のいずれか1項に記載のロボットアーム装置。
(19)複数のリンクが関節部によって互いに連結されて構成されるアーム部における、少なくともいずれかの前記関節部の異常を検出することと、前記アーム部の運動に所定の制限が設けられた状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して、当該異常を回避するように前記アーム部を駆動させることと、を含む、ロボットアーム制御方法。
(20)コンピュータのプロセッサに、複数のリンクが関節部によって互いに連結されて構成されるアーム部における、少なくともいずれかの前記関節部の異常を検出する機能と、前記アーム部の運動に所定の制限が設けられた状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して、当該異常を回避するように前記アーム部を駆動させる機能と、を実現させる、プログラム。
10 ロボットアーム装置
20 制御装置
30 表示装置
110 アーム制御部
111 駆動制御部
120 アーム部
130 関節部
131 関節駆動部
132 回転角度検出部
133 トルク検出部
135 関節制御部
140 撮像部
145 先端ユニット
180 アクチュエータ
210 入力部
220 記憶部
230 制御部
240 全身協調制御部
241 アーム状態取得部
242 演算条件設定部
243 仮想力算出部
244 実在力算出部
250 理想関節制御部
251 外乱推定部
252 指令値算出部
260 異常検出部
Claims (20)
- 複数のリンクが関節部によって互いに連結されて構成されるアーム部と、
前記関節部の駆動を制御することにより前記アーム部を駆動させる駆動制御部と、
を備え、
前記駆動制御部は、前記関節部の少なくともいずれかに異常が検出された場合に、前記アーム部の運動に対して所定の制限が設けられた状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して、当該異常を回避するように前記アーム部を駆動させる、
ロボットアーム装置。 - 前記アーム部が接触することにより外部の物体に与えられる押圧力に応じて前記関節部に生じるトルクに基づいて、前記関節部の異常が検出され、
前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の運動に対して前記押圧力が所定の範囲に制限された状態で、前記関節部の駆動を制御して前記アーム部を駆動させる、
請求項1に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記押圧力は、前記アーム部の先端に設けられる先端ユニットによって外部の物体に与えられる力である、
請求項2に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記先端ユニットに作用する力を検出するセンサが更に備えられ、
前記先端ユニットに作用する力に応じて前記関節部に生じるトルクと、前記センサによって検出される力と、に基づいて、前記関節部の異常が検出される、
請求項3に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記関節部の異常は、前記関節部の回転角度に基づいて検出され、
前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の運動に対して前記関節部の回転角度が所定の範囲に制限された状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して前記アーム部を駆動させる、
請求項1に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記関節部の異常は、前記関節部の回転角速度に基づいて検出され、
前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の運動に対して前記関節部の回転角速度が所定の範囲に制限された状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して前記アーム部を駆動させる、
請求項1に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記関節部は、前記関節部の状態を検出する関節状態検出部を有し、
前記関節部の異常は、前記関節状態検出部によって検出される前記関節部の状態に基づいて判断される、
請求項1に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記関節部の状態は、前記関節部を駆動するために設けられるアクチュエータにおける、モータの回転角度、出力軸の回転角度、出力軸のトルク、モータに供給される電流及びモータの周囲の温度の少なくともいずれかを含む、
請求項7に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記駆動制御部は、前記関節部で検出された異常の種類に応じて、
前記アーム部の運動に所定の制限が設けられた状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して、当該異常を回避するように前記アーム部を駆動させる異常回避動作と、
異常が検出された前記関節部以外の他の前記関節部の駆動を制御して前記アーム部の自由度を低下させた状態で前記アーム部を駆動させる一部機能停止動作と、
前記アーム部を構成する全ての前記関節部の動きが固定される機能停止動作と、
のいずれかの動作が実行されるように前記関節部の駆動を制御する、
請求項1に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記駆動制御部は、検出された複数の前記関節部の状態に基づいて取得される前記アーム部の状態に基づいて前記関節部の駆動を制御する、
請求項1に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の状態と、前記アーム部の運動目的及び拘束条件に基づく前記アーム部の協調制御のための制御値と、に基づいて前記関節部の駆動を制御する、
請求項10に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記制御値は、前記アーム部に作用する力と前記アーム部に発生する加速度との関係を記述する操作空間において前記運動目的を達成するために作用される仮想的な力である仮想力と、前記拘束条件に基づいて前記仮想力が前記関節部を駆動するための実在の力に変換されることにより求められる実在力と、に基づいて算出される、
請求項11に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記駆動制御部は、前記制御値に対して外乱の影響を補正することにより算出される指令値、に基づいて前記関節部の駆動を制御する、
請求項11に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記指令値は、検出された前記関節部の状態に基づいて推定される前記関節部の駆動に対する外乱の影響を表す外乱推定値を用いて、前記制御値を補正することにより算出される、
請求項13に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部に作用する重力を補償する力、及び外部から更に与えられた力の方向への前記アーム部の移動をサポートする力を生じるように前記関節部の駆動を制御する、
請求項11に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記駆動制御部は、前記アーム部の先端に設けられる先端ユニットが空間上の所定の点を頂点とした円錐体の面上を移動するピボット動作を行うように前記関節部の駆動を制御する、
請求項11に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記ピボット動作において、前記先端ユニットと前記所定の点との距離は一定に保たれる、
請求項16に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 前記ロボットアーム装置は、前記アーム部に少なくとも1つの医療用器具が設けられる、医療用ロボットアーム装置である、
請求項1に記載のロボットアーム装置。 - 複数のリンクが関節部によって互いに連結されて構成されるアーム部における、少なくともいずれかの前記関節部の異常を検出することと、
前記アーム部の運動に所定の制限が設けられた状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して、当該異常を回避するように前記アーム部を駆動させることと、
を含む、ロボットアーム制御方法。 - コンピュータのプロセッサに、
複数のリンクが関節部によって互いに連結されて構成されるアーム部における、少なくともいずれかの前記関節部の異常を検出する機能と、
前記アーム部の運動に所定の制限が設けられた状態で前記関節部の駆動を制御して、当該異常を回避するように前記アーム部を駆動させる機能と、
を実現させる、プログラム。
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