A Whole-Body Unified Force-Impedance Control for Non-holonomic Service Robots
Forouhar, Moein Sadeghian, Hamid Naceri, Abdeldjallil König, Alexander Haddadin, Sami
Forouhar, Moein
Sadeghian, Hamid
Naceri, Abdeldjallil
König, Alexander
Haddadin, Sami
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Robotics
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In this paper, we extend the Unified Force-Impedance Control (UFIC) framework for the whole-body control of service mobile robots subject to non-holonomic constraints. This enables the robot to execute complex service tasks that demand both force and impedance control within its whole body workspace. The task space of the robot is defined as the pose of both end-effectors. Following the concept of UFIC, both impedance and force tracking commands are applied in the task space of the whole-body controller, with augmented energy tanks incorporated to ensure passivity. To enable smooth transitions between force tracking and impedance control—particularly in cases of contact loss—a shaping function is used to modulate the force control command. Additionally, the robot’s redundancy is exploited to shape the posture, while satisfying joint limits, avoiding singularities, and preventing self-collisions between the arms. The effectiveness of the proposed whole-body UFIC controller is validated through simulations and real-world experiments with the service robot GARMI performing several daily tasks.
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2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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Engineering, Information and Computing Sciences, Control Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Practice and Education
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2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)