TY - GEN
T1 - Harnessing the Power of Human Biomechanics in Force-Position Domain
T2 - 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2023
AU - Zhou, Xingyuan
AU - Paik, Peter
AU - Atashzar, S. Farokh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In the context of physical human-(tele)robot interaction, passivity-based stabilizers have been used to guarantee the physical or (tele) physical stability. In most of these examples, human biomechanics is considered an inherently passive system that dissipates energy. This assumption may not hold true when the interaction is implemented in the force-position domain, even though such a setting would be needed to boost positional accuracy and avoid the common kinematic drifts in the force-velocity domains. The aforementioned topic is examined in this paper using the concept of shortage versus excess of passivity index for human biomechanics in the force-position domain. We also investigate the compounding effect of the frequency of interaction. The outcomes of this paper will be imperative for the design of force-position domain pURI stabilizers when the classical assumption of passivity of human biomechanics can lead to serious safety issues. In this work, for the first time, we quantitatively present the passivity margin and, thus, the energetic behavior of the human arm's biomechanics under various interaction scenarios in the Force-Position domain. The outcome of this work includes a three-dimensional passivity index map (3DPiM) that is validated on five healthy participants. The goal is to illustrate the passivity margin of the human upper limb biomechanics for two distinct levels of muscle co-contractions, as indicated by the Electromyography (EMG) signal, across four interaction frequencies and eight geometric directions. This outcome enables the future development of biomechanics-aware stabilizers in the force-position domain, quantifying the passivity margin in real-time and thus significantly reducing the stabilizer's conservatism while ensuring the safety of human-robot interactions.
AB - In the context of physical human-(tele)robot interaction, passivity-based stabilizers have been used to guarantee the physical or (tele) physical stability. In most of these examples, human biomechanics is considered an inherently passive system that dissipates energy. This assumption may not hold true when the interaction is implemented in the force-position domain, even though such a setting would be needed to boost positional accuracy and avoid the common kinematic drifts in the force-velocity domains. The aforementioned topic is examined in this paper using the concept of shortage versus excess of passivity index for human biomechanics in the force-position domain. We also investigate the compounding effect of the frequency of interaction. The outcomes of this paper will be imperative for the design of force-position domain pURI stabilizers when the classical assumption of passivity of human biomechanics can lead to serious safety issues. In this work, for the first time, we quantitatively present the passivity margin and, thus, the energetic behavior of the human arm's biomechanics under various interaction scenarios in the Force-Position domain. The outcome of this work includes a three-dimensional passivity index map (3DPiM) that is validated on five healthy participants. The goal is to illustrate the passivity margin of the human upper limb biomechanics for two distinct levels of muscle co-contractions, as indicated by the Electromyography (EMG) signal, across four interaction frequencies and eight geometric directions. This outcome enables the future development of biomechanics-aware stabilizers in the force-position domain, quantifying the passivity margin in real-time and thus significantly reducing the stabilizer's conservatism while ensuring the safety of human-robot interactions.
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341393
DO - 10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341393
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85182522392
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
SP - 4141
EP - 4146
BT - 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 1 October 2023 through 5 October 2023
ER -