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Indentification of Contact Parameters from Stiff Multi-point Contact Robotic Operations

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: diederik.verscheure{at}mech.kuleuven.be.

	Abstract

Computer simulations play an important role in the design and validation of constrained robotic operations. The fidelity of these simulations, however, depends on the specification of contact dynamics parameters, which often need to be determined experimentally. In this paper we investigate the identification of contact parameters from complex stiff multi-point contact scenarios encountered in typical robotic operations using a recently developed least-squares-based method. This method is extended to deal with geometric uncertainties by employing a non-linear separable least-squares formulation. The latter is solved using a variable projection method, and allows simultaneous identification of contact parameters and geometric uncertainties. The conditions for observability of geometric uncertainties are derived and a regularized formulation is proposed in case the identification of geometric uncertainties is ill-conditioned. The applicability of the original method and the benefits of the extended method with identification of geometric uncertainties for the identification of the contact parameters are illustrated by means of experimental data measured with the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) Task Verification Facility (STVF) manipulator at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

First published on August 28, 2009
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2009, doi:10.1177/0278364909336805


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