Whole-Body Impedance Control of Wheeled Humanoid Robots

Kurzfassung

Introducing mobile humanoid robots into human environments requires the systems to realize soft physical contacts. In this context, the thesis presents a whole-body robot controller for dexterous physical interaction. The approach enables the robot to perform several control tasks at the same time while following a given order of priority. The theoretical results are experimentally validated on a mobile, torque-controlled humanoid robot. Relevant fields of application are service robotics or human-robot cooperation in industry.