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Hermies-III: A step toward autonomous mobility, manipulation and perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

C. R. Weisbin ,
B. L. Burks ,
J. R. Einstein ,
R. R. Feezell ,
W. W. Manges  and
D. H. Thompson
C. R. Weisbin
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Robotics and Intelligent Systems Program, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6364 (USA)
B. L. Burks
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Robotics and Intelligent Systems Program, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6364 (USA)
J. R. Einstein
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Robotics and Intelligent Systems Program, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6364 (USA)
R. R. Feezell
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Robotics and Intelligent Systems Program, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6364 (USA)
W. W. Manges
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Robotics and Intelligent Systems Program, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6364 (USA)
D. H. Thompson
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Robotics and Intelligent Systems Program, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6364 (USA)
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Summary

HERMIES-III is an autonomous robot comprised of a seven degree-of-freedom (DOF) manipulator designed for human scale tasks, a laser range finder, a sonar array, an omnidirectional wheel-driven chassis, multiple cameras, and a dual computer system containing a 16-node hypercube expandable to 128 nodes. The current experimental program involves performance of human-scale tasks (e.g., valve manipulation, use of tools), integration of a dexterous manipulator and platform motion in geometrically complex environments, and effective use of multiple cooperating robots (HERMIES-IIB and HERMIES-III). The environment in which the robots operate has been designed to include multiple valves, pipes, meters, obstacles on the floor, valves occluded from view, and multiple paths of differing navigation complexity. The ongoing research program supports the development of autonomous capability for HERMIES-IIB and III to perform complex navigation and manipulation under time constraints, while dealing with imprecise sensory information.

Keywords

Autonomous mobilityHERMIES-IIIMulti-sensory perceptionHuman scale manipulative tasks

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Robotica , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 7 - 12
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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