Autonomous Mission with a Mobile Manipulator - A Solution to the MBZIRC
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2017
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This work presents the system and approach we employed to tackle thesecond challenge of the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge(MBZIRC). The goal of this challenge is to find a tool panel on a field, pickan appropriate wrench from the panel, and operate a valve stem therewith. Forthis purpose we use a task-oriented field robot, based on Clearpath Husky with acustomized series elastic arm, that can be deployed for versatile purposes. However,to be competitive in a robotic challenge, further specialization and improvementsare necessary to achieve a certain task faster and more reliably. A high emphasis isput on designing a system that can operate fully autonomously and independentlyrespond if a subtask was not executed successfully. Moreover, the operator can easilymonitor the system through a graphical user interface and, if desired, interact with therobot. We present our algorithms to explore the field, detect the panel, and navigateto it. Furthermore, we use a support vector machine based object detection methodto locate the valve stem and wrenches on the panel for visual servoing. Finally, weshow the advantages of a force controllable manipulator to handle the valve stemwith a tool. This system demonstrated its applicability when fulfilling the entire taskfully autonomously during both trials of the Grand Challenge of the MBZIRC 2017.
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Field and Service Robotics
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5
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559 - 573
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Springer
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11th Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR 2017)
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09570 - Hutter, Marco / Hutter, Marco
02284 - NFS Digitale Fabrikation / NCCR Digital Fabrication
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