著者
淺間 一 佐藤 雅俊 嘉悦 早人 尾崎 功一 松元 明弘 遠藤 勲
出版者
The Robotics Society of Japan
雑誌
日本ロボット学会誌 (ISSN:02891824)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.14, no.2, pp.249-254, 1996-03-15 (Released:2010-08-10)
参考文献数
9
被引用文献数
11 33

A new driving mechanism for holonomic omni-directional mobile robots is designed, which enables 3 DoF (degrees of freedom) motion control in two dimensional space by three correspondent actuators in a decoupled manner without redundancy. The kinematics of the omni-directional mobile robot is also analyzed to prove that driving motion by the actuators is decoupled by the developed mechanism into 3 DoF motion of the robot. A prototype of the omni-directional mobile robot with the driving mechanism is developed including a parallel link suspension mechanism. Finally, the performance of the prototype robot is shown through experimental results, by which the working of the designed mechanism is verified.
著者
村木 亜沙美 中 友美 松元 明弘 太田 裕治
出版者
公益社団法人 精密工学会
雑誌
精密工学会学術講演会講演論文集
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2004, pp.752-752, 2004

松葉杖にトルク発生ユニットを装着し,角運動量保存則により,松葉杖が接地点回りに回転モーメントを得るようにして,パワーアシストをする.本研究では,この考えに基づき,トルクユニットを製作し,有効性について検証したので報告する.
著者
荻野 貴司 秋元 俊成 友納 正裕 松元 明弘
出版者
一般社団法人 日本機械学会
雑誌
ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会講演概要集
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2008, pp._2P2-C05_1-_2P2-C05_3, 2008

For the future cohabitation of humans and robots, we are making research on home use robots, where positions of robot, human and environment must be precisely recognized. We used omnidirectional mobile robot with laser range sensor for this purpose, and made experiments on map building and human following. First, we adopted scan matching algorithm for the localization of mobile robot in the stable environment, and confirmed the performance of the map building by experiments. Next, we applied this algorithm to the mixed environment of human and robot, and succeeded to extract human motion and robot motion along with the map building at the same time. We implemented the motion extraction algorithm for the human following application.
著者
宮内 雄志 荻野 貴司 秋元 俊成 松元 明弘
出版者
一般社団法人 日本機械学会
雑誌
ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会講演概要集
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2009, pp._1A1-E15_1-_1A1-E15_3, 2009

We are involved in the research into navigation of mobile robots for indoor and outdoor use. In order to localize the position of a mobile robot, 3D map rather than 2D map is preferred especially for outdoor application. In order to build 3D map of an unknown environment, we combined two laser scanners for different orientation, and obtained 3D environmental information .We applied 2D scan matching method for the horizontal scan information, and the other scan information is incorporated for 3D map building. We evaluated the performance of scan matching method for the translation and rotation motion of our mobile robot, and then conducted 3D map building experiments in the university campus and confirmed that 3D map was obtained in a quite enough resolution.
著者
荻野 貴司 秋元 俊成 友納 正裕 松元 明弘
出版者
一般社団法人 日本機械学会
雑誌
IIP情報・知能・精密機器部門講演会講演論文集
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2008, pp.88-89, 2008

For the future cohabitation of humans and robots, we are making research on home use robots, where human motion and environment must be precisely recognized. We used omnidirectional mobile robot with laser range sensor for this purpose, and made experiments on map building and human following. First, we adopted scan matching algorithm for the localization of mobile robot in the stable environment, and confirmed the map building capability by experiments. Next, we applied this algorithm to the mixed environment of human and robot, and succeeded to extract human motion and robot motion along with the map building at the same time. We confirmed the adaptability of scan matching algorithm to the human motion recognition which is the key to the human following by robots.
著者
淺間 一 佐藤 雅俊 後藤 伸之 嘉悦 早人 松元 明弘 遠藤 勲
出版者
The Robotics Society of Japan
雑誌
日本ロボット学会誌 (ISSN:02891824)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.15, no.7, pp.1043-1049, 1997-10-15 (Released:2010-08-25)
参考文献数
16
被引用文献数
5 6

A new type of cooperation called mutual handling is introduced in this paper, which enables a multi-robot system to achieve an advanced functionality that cannot be realized by a single robot, and as an application of mutual handling, a method of cooperative transportation for two autonomous mobile robots to climb over a large step by operating each forklifts cooperatively is proposed, which cannot be overcome by a single robot. Then, a forklift mechanism for mutual handling is designed, and two autonomous mobile robots equipped with the forklifts are developed. Finally, a cooperative transportation method in which two autonomous mobile robots are controlled based on communication is presented, and the step-climbing motion by cooperative transportation is proved feasible by showing the experimental results using the developed omni-directional mobile robots.
著者
秋元 俊成 寺田 信幸 松元 明弘
出版者
社団法人日本生体医工学会
雑誌
生体医工学 : 日本エム・イー学会誌 (ISSN:1347443X)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.46, no.1, pp.58-63, 2008-02-10
被引用文献数
1

We're developing walking robot with the object of bringing the walking of robot close to that of human utilizing pendular motion of legs. First, human gait analysis has been conducted in the study. In particular, we measured joint angle variation and myoelectric signal at a normal walking pace, focusing on the ankle mobility. From the result of the measurement, we realized that ankle mobility of supporting leg not only provides energy in the direction of travel by kicking back but also leads idling leg to swing forward. Then, we conducted modeling of ankle-driven walking and reproduced the motion using highly simplified model. As the result, walking driven only by ankle was realized in simulation. Therefore, it is expected that the system could not only be used for walking robot but also be applied to walking aids or artificial legs, because it reproduces a walking utilizing pendular motion of legs effectively due to the hip of free joint, and it is possible to reduce the number of actuators.
著者
秋元 俊成 松元 明弘
出版者
一般社団法人日本機械学会
雑誌
日本機械学會論文集. C編 (ISSN:03875024)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.73, no.733, pp.2537-2542, 2007-09-25
被引用文献数
4

In this paper, we introduce a new mechanism of quasi-passive-dynamic-walking machine which uses actuators just only at ankle joints. First, we analyzed about basic mechanisms of passive dynamic walking. So, we made and modeled the passive dynamic walking machine that walks down the slope. Experiment of the walking was compared with the numerical analysis, which showed the validity of the model. And, these were analyzed from the energy point of view. Second, we proposed a new control method of quasi-passive-dynamic-walking based on the result of analysis of passive dynamic walking. The new method was confirmed by the numerical analysis on a horizontal plane. Finally, ankle-driven type of quasi-passive dynamic walking machine was designed and developed. Experiment of the walking on the horizontal plane was done. That result shows the validity of the idea.