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6D virtual sensor for wrench estimation in robotized interaction tasks exploiting extended Kalman filter

Roveda, Loris ; Bussolan, Andrea ; Braghin, Francesco ; Piga, Dario

In: Machines, 2020, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 17

Industrial robots are commonly used to perform interaction tasks (such as assemblies or polishing), requiring the robot to be in contact with the surrounding environment. Such environments are (partially) unknown to the robot controller. Therefore, there is the need to implement interaction controllers capable of suitably reacting to the established contacts. Although standard force controllers...

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Mechanical and control design of an industrial exoskeleton for advanced human empowering in heavy parts manipulation tasks

Mauri, Alessandro ; Lettori, Jacopo ; Fusi, Giovanni ; Fausti, Davide ; Mor, Maurizio ; Braghin, Francesco ; Legnani, Giovanni ; Roveda, Loris

In: Robotics, 2019, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 65

Exoskeleton robots are a rising technology in industrial contexts to assist humans in onerous applications. Mechanical and control design solutions are intensively investigated to achieve a high performance human-robot collaboration (e.g., transparency, ergonomics, safety, etc.). However, the most of the investigated solutions involve high-cost hardware, complex design solutions and standard...