Journal
SENSORS
Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s22051968
Keywords
motion imitation; life-size humanoid robot; BioVision hierarchy; motion capture; DTW-based trajectory evaluation; human-in-the-loop control
Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFB1306703, 2019YFE0125200]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China
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This paper proposes a human-computer interaction method for remotely manipulating life-size humanoid robots by mapping motion capture data to each joint motion angle of the robot. It also introduces a DTW-based trajectory evaluation method to quantitatively evaluate the difference between robot trajectory and human motion. Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and real-time performance of the control method.
Precisely imitating human motions in real-time poses a challenge for the robots due to difference in their physical structures. This paper proposes a human-computer interaction method for remotely manipulating life-size humanoid robots with a new metrics for evaluating motion similarity. First, we establish a motion capture system to acquire the operator's motion data and retarget it to the standard bone model. Secondly, we develop a fast mapping algorithm, by mapping the BVH (BioVision Hierarchy) data collected by the motion capture system to each joint motion angle of the robot to realize the imitated motion control of the humanoid robot. Thirdly, a DTW (Dynamic Time Warping)-based trajectory evaluation method is proposed to quantitatively evaluate the difference between robot trajectory and human motion, and meanwhile, visualization terminals render it more convenient to make comparisons between two different but simultaneous motion systems. We design a complex gesture simulation experiment to verify the feasibility and real-time performance of the control method. The proposed human-in-the-loop imitation control method addresses a prominent non-isostructural retargeting problem between human and robot, enhances robot interaction capability in a more natural way, and improves robot adaptability to uncertain and dynamic environments.
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