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Motor learning based on safe interactions between a human and a soft robot

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19KK0285
Research Category

Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (A))

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 20020:Robotics and intelligent system-related
Research InstitutionKyushu Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Ikemoto Shuhei  九州工業大学, 大学院生命体工学研究科, 准教授 (00588353)

Project Period (FY) 2020 – 2023
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥15,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,510,000)
Keywordsソフトロボット / 運動学習 / テンセグリティロボット / 筋骨格ロボット / 物理的インタラクション / 生物規範ロボティクス / 人間-ロボット間インタラクション
Outline of Research at the Start

人間とロボットが握手することを想像されたい.このとき,たとえロボットがランダムな位置に手を伸ばすとしても,そこへ人間が握手しにいくのであれば,その無作為な運動は,結果的にもれなく,「人間と握手する」という意味を持つ.このとき,人間とロボットの運動データには,「握手する」というタスクの情報が含まれ,両者のデータの連関をモデル化することで,ロボットの運動制御・学習が行える可能性がある.本研究は,この着目に立脚し,人間を含む環境の拘束がタスクの定義につながる新しいロボットの運動制御・学習の枠組みの提案を目指す.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, we have developed a soft and durable robot platform and tackled the motor learning in a human-robot interaction scenario. Due to the COVID-19 disaster that occurred shortly after the start of the project, we gave up on developing the platform and conducting experiments at the collaboration partner's laboratory, and changed our policy to conducting the experiments at the organization to which the principal investigator belongs (Kyushu Institute of Technology). The majority of the research was conducted remotely, but a short-term trip was conducted in 2022, and through close discussions and intensive research over the visiting term, several academic results were successfully achieved. We have reported on kinematics learning exploiting the advantages of the robot platform as multiple conference proceedings.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ソフトロボットは,ロボット自体をやわらかさによって人やモノに安全に触れることができるが,一般に制御が難しい.本研究では,やわらかく耐久性に優れたロボットプラットフォームとしてテンセグリティマニピュレータを開発し,その特徴を活かして問題に対処する方法として,長時間ランダムに動いた経験,人やモノに触れ合った経験から,制御系を学習によって獲得する枠組みに注目した.その結果,テンセグリティマニピュレータの設計・実装に関する新しい知見や,その手先の位置や体の剛性,状態の推定など,多くの機能を実際に学習によって獲得できることなどが明らかになった.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2023 2022 2021

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Arizona State University(米国)2022

    • Year and Date
      2022-11-20
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Development of Tensegrity Manipulator Driven by 40 Pneumatic Cylinders for Investigating Functionality in Hyper-Redundant Musculoskeletal Systems2023

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimitsu Yuhei、Ikemoto Shuhei
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

      Volume: 35 Issue: 5 Pages: 1366-1373

    • DOI

      10.20965/jrm.2023.p1366

    • ISSN
      0915-3942, 1883-8049
    • Year and Date
      2023-10-20
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Posture control of tensegrity manipulator based on kinematic model using kernel ridge regression2022

    • Author(s)
      Yuhei Yoshimitu, Kenta Tsukamoto and Shuhei Ikemoto
    • Journal Title

      Artificial Life and Robotics

      Volume: 27 Issue: 4 Pages: 684-690

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10015-022-00789-0

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Development of a Modular Tensegrity Robot Arm Capable of Continuous Bending2021

    • Author(s)
      Ikemoto Shuhei、Tsukamoto Kenta、Yoshimitsu Yuhei
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Robotics and AI

      Volume: 8

    • DOI

      10.3389/frobt.2021.774253

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] earning Soft Robot Dynamics using Differentiable Kalman Filters and Spatio-Temporal Embeddings2023

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Liu, Shuhei Ikemoto, Yuhei Yoshimitsu, Heni Ben Amor
    • Organizer
      IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Forward/Inverse Kinematics Modeling for Tensegrity Manipulator based on Goal-conditioned Variational Autoencoder2023

    • Author(s)
      Yuhei Yoshimitu, Takayuki Osa, Shuhei Ikemoto
    • Organizer
      IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] $\aplpha$-MDF: An Attention-based Multimodal Differentiable Filter for Robot State Estimation2023

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Liu, Yifan Zhou, Shuhei Ikemoto, Heni Ben Amor
    • Organizer
      Conference on Robot Learning
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of Pneumatically Driven Tensegrity Manipulator without Mechanical Springs2022

    • Author(s)
      Yuhei Yoshimitu, Kenta Tsukamoto, and Shuhei Ikemoto
    • Organizer
      IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 40 個の空気圧アクチュエータで駆動する冗長テンセグリティロボットアーム2022

    • Author(s)
      吉満悠平,池本周平
    • Organizer
      ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Posture Control of Tensegrity Robot Arm based on Kinematic Model using Kernel Ridge Regression2021

    • Author(s)
      Yuhei Yoshimitsu, Shuhei Ikemoto
    • Organizer
      The 27th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Tensegrity manipulator redundantly driven by 20 pneumatic cylinders2021

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Tsukamoto, Yuhei Yoshimitsu, Shuhei Ikemoto
    • Organizer
      The 9th International Joint Symposium on Applied Engineering and Sciences
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Low-cost tactile sensing technology using conductive sponges2021

    • Author(s)
      Yusuke Sato, Kosuke Goto, Shuhei Ikemoto
    • Organizer
      The 9th International Joint Symposium on Applied Engineering and Sciences
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] テンセグリティ構造を利用した連続体マニピュレータ2021

    • Author(s)
      塚本健太,吉満悠平,池本周平
    • Organizer
      日本ロボット学会学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ポーラスCNTs-PDMSを用いた触覚センシング2021

    • Author(s)
      佐藤祐亮,後藤孝輔,池本周平
    • Organizer
      日本ロボット学会学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-02-06   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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