Controlling autonomous loading manipulator with planning-executing-monitoring cycles

Sakari Pieska; Tapio A. Heikkila; Jukka P. Riekki; Tapio Taipale; Klaus Kansala; Juha Roening

doi:10.1117/12.57110

1 February 1992 Controlling autonomous loading manipulator with planning-executing-monitoring cycles

Sakari Pieska, Tapio A. Heikkila, Jukka P. Riekki, Tapio Taipale, Klaus Kansala, Juha Roening

Proceedings Volume 1607, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision X: Algorithms and Techniques; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.57110
Event: Robotics '91, 1991, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Robots operating in unstructured environments require continuous utilization of sensors and intelligence for adapting to changing situations. In this paper a control method to achieve this goal is described and preliminary experiments are discussed. The control scheme is based on a hierarchically organized set of planning-executing-monitoring (PEM) cycles. Every PEM cycle is a goal-oriented module, which consists of three generic activities -- planning, executing, and monitoring -- and a separate meta control mechanism, which takes care of the control of generic activities inside a PEM cycle. We present our design experiments beginning from the development of a PEM-based logical model for an autonomous machine, and continue to the development of an implementation model for a loading manipulator control system. The laboratory implementations in two industrial robot environments are also described as well as plans for PEM-control implementation for a heavy-duty manipulator designed for loading paper rolls in harbor sites.

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Sakari Pieska, Tapio A. Heikkila, Jukka P. Riekki, Tapio Taipale, Klaus Kansala, and Juha Roening "Controlling autonomous loading manipulator with planning-executing-monitoring cycles", Proc. SPIE 1607, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision X: Algorithms and Techniques, (1 February 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.57110

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