Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um modelo simplificado dos membros inferiores de um robô bípede, composto basicamente por uma cintura, dois fêmures, duas tíbias e dois pés. A estrutura mecânica do modelo em questão, possui seis graus de liberdade e tem as dimensões aproximadas de um ser humano de estrutura mediana. Seu sistema de controle e de geração de trajetórias é desenvolvido utilizando funcionalidades disponíveis no Robot Operating System (ROS), porém ao contrário da maioria dos controladores existentes no ROS, este projeto propõe implementar um pacote contendo um controlador multivariável (multi-input, multi-output (MIMO)), utilizando a técnica de controle por torque calculado. Para a geração de trajetórias das pernas do robô, implementam-se três tipos diferentes de geração, a interpolação linear, cubica e de quinto grau. Para os testes de validação do sistema de controle e de geração de trajetórias utiliza-se o simulador Gazebo. / This work presents the development of a simplified model of a biped robot’s lower limbs, composed basically by the waist, two femurs, two tibia and two feet. The model’s mechanical structure has six degree of freedom and its dimensions are comparable to a human being’s body. Its control and trajectory generation systems are developed making use of some features available in the Robot Operation System (ROS) tool. However, contrary to most of the controllers offered by ROS, this project suggests the implementation of a new package, including a MIMO (multi-input multi-output) controller, making use of the calculated torque technique. As for the trajectory generation system, three different methodologies are applied of the interpolation: linear, cubic and polynomial quintic. To validate both control and trajectory generation systems, the Gazebo simulator is used.

Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um modelo simplificado dos membros inferiores de um robô bípede, composto basicamente por uma cintura, dois fêmures, duas tíbias e dois pés. A estrutura mecânica do modelo em questão, possui seis graus de liberdade e tem as dimensões aproximadas de um ser humano de estrutura mediana. Seu sistema de controle e de geração de trajetórias é desenvolvido utilizando funcionalidades disponíveis no Robot Operating System (ROS), porém ao contrário da maioria dos controladores existentes no ROS, este projeto propõe implementar um pacote contendo um controlador multivariável (multi-input, multi-output (MIMO)), utilizando a técnica de controle por torque calculado. Para a geração de trajetórias das pernas do robô, implementam-se três tipos diferentes de geração, a interpolação linear, cubica e de quinto grau. Para os testes de validação do sistema de controle e de geração de trajetórias utiliza-se o simulador Gazebo. / This work presents the development of a simplified model of a biped robot’s lower limbs, composed basically by the waist, two femurs, two tibia and two feet. The model’s mechanical structure has six degree of freedom and its dimensions are comparable to a human being’s body. Its control and trajectory generation systems are developed making use of some features available in the Robot Operation System (ROS) tool. However, contrary to most of the controllers offered by ROS, this project suggests the implementation of a new package, including a MIMO (multi-input multi-output) controller, making use of the calculated torque technique. As for the trajectory generation system, three different methodologies are applied of the interpolation: linear, cubic and polynomial quintic. To validate both control and trajectory generation systems, the Gazebo simulator is used.

For many years OSE has been a common used operating system, with real time extensions enhancements, in embed-ded systems. But in the last decades, Linux has grown and became a competitor to common operating systems and, in recent years, even as an operating system with real time extensions. With this in mind, ÅF was interested in replacing the quite expensive OSE with some distribution of the open source based Linux on a PowerPC MPC8360. Therefore, our purpose with thesis is to implement Linux on the named platform and make some tests to see if it is possible to replace OSE with Linux. Using Linux has several advantages, for example it is free of charge to use and over the years the popularity of Linux within the developer community has resulted in numerous tools and utilities available for free. As a result, this study shows that Linux with real time extensions on the MPC8360 PowerPC platform is a viable alternative to OSE regarding cost efficiency, flexibility, adaptability and competence available on the market. Further studies can be done towards benchmarking for I/O systems and implementing support for more hardware on the MPC8360 AF platform.

Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um modelo simplificado dos membros inferiores de um robô bípede, composto basicamente por uma cintura, dois fêmures, duas tíbias e dois pés. A estrutura mecânica do modelo em questão, possui seis graus de liberdade e tem as dimensões aproximadas de um ser humano de estrutura mediana. Seu sistema de controle e de geração de trajetórias é desenvolvido utilizando funcionalidades disponíveis no Robot Operating System (ROS), porém ao contrário da maioria dos controladores existentes no ROS, este projeto propõe implementar um pacote contendo um controlador multivariável (multi-input, multi-output (MIMO)), utilizando a técnica de controle por torque calculado. Para a geração de trajetórias das pernas do robô, implementam-se três tipos diferentes de geração, a interpolação linear, cubica e de quinto grau. Para os testes de validação do sistema de controle e de geração de trajetórias utiliza-se o simulador Gazebo. / This work presents the development of a simplified model of a biped robot’s lower limbs, composed basically by the waist, two femurs, two tibia and two feet. The model’s mechanical structure has six degree of freedom and its dimensions are comparable to a human being’s body. Its control and trajectory generation systems are developed making use of some features available in the Robot Operation System (ROS) tool. However, contrary to most of the controllers offered by ROS, this project suggests the implementation of a new package, including a MIMO (multi-input multi-output) controller, making use of the calculated torque technique. As for the trajectory generation system, three different methodologies are applied of the interpolation: linear, cubic and polynomial quintic. To validate both control and trajectory generation systems, the Gazebo simulator is used.

A mobile robot needs to know its pose (position and orientation) in order to navigate and perform useful tasks. The problem of determining this pose with respect to a global or local frame is called localisation, and is a key component in providing autonomy to mobile robots. Thus, localisation answers the question Where am I? from the robot’s perspective. Localisation involving a single robot is a widely explored and documented problem in mobile robotics. The basic idea behind most documented localisation techniques involves the optimum combination of noisy and uncertain information that comes from various robot’s sensors. However, many complex robotic applications require multiple robots to work together and share information among themselves in order to successfully and efficiently accomplish certain tasks. This leads to research in collaborative localisation involving multiple robots. Several studies have shown that when multiple robots collaboratively localise themselves, the resulting accuracy in their estimated positions and orientations outperforms that of a single robot, especially in scenarios where robots do not have access to information about their surrounding environment. This thesis presents the main theme of most of the existing collaborative, multi-robot localisation solutions, and proposes an alternative or complementary solution to some of the existing challenges in multirobot localisation. Specifically, in this thesis, a heuristically tuned Extended Kalman Filter is proposed to localise a group of mobile robots. Simulations show that when certain conditions are met, the proposed tuning method significantly improves the accuracy and reliability of poses estimated by the Extended Kalman Filter. Real world experiments performed on custom-made robotic platforms validate the simulation results.

This thesis deals with certain properties of real time operating systems (RTOS) Ardence PharLap ETS, WindRiver VxWorks and LabVIEW RT module. Three methodologies of RTOS quality comparison are proposed, two of which are practically tested with described experiments on CompactRIO hardware from NI. Furthermore, there is explained need for RTOS usage and experimental comparison of jitter error influence on total harmonic distortion THD defined by two definitions.

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