D2.1 Requirements and Specification - CORBYS
D2.1 Requirements and Specification - CORBYS
D2.1 Requirements and Specification - CORBYS
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<strong>D2.1</strong> <strong>Requirements</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Specification</strong><br />
Figure 54: Autonomous vs. manual investigation of contamination area including sampling<br />
To meet the project objective, Reco Rob has to satisfy the following basic requirements:<br />
� the system must allow the user to guide the mobile unit for acquiring information concerning the<br />
air/water/soil relevant parameters (like contamination) <strong>and</strong> to gather samples for further investigations,<br />
� the sample gathering must be performed cross-contamination free,<br />
� the comm<strong>and</strong>s for guiding the unit as well as data acquired must be sent instantly to base using the<br />
wireless communication,<br />
� the transferred measurement data as well as information regarding stage of the task execution must be<br />
visualised on an ergonomic way,<br />
� the movement of the unit must be realised manually using a control joystick, or automatically,<br />
� a vision system is needed on the mobile to provide impression of tele-presence,<br />
� the mobile unit must report also the GPS data, for localisation <strong>and</strong> for data map generation,<br />
� in the case of an emergency, the mobile unit must be able to return to base executing a track-back of the<br />
route,<br />
� the construction of a mobile unit <strong>and</strong>/or components must allow decontamination in order to provide<br />
multiple usage of the system.<br />
To satisfy the functional requirements the system is endowed with various hardware devices as can be seen in<br />
Figure 55. For actuation the SCHUNK/degrees of freedom (DoF) lightweight robot arm is mounted on the<br />
mobile platform. The sensor system consists of a force-torque sensor in the manipulators wrist, a stereo<br />
camera system for 3D reconstruction, a camera for workspace observation <strong>and</strong> a camera for thermal<br />
inspection of the work area.<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
Figure 55: (a) Hardware setup of the RecoRob reconnaissance robotic system,<br />
(b) Mapped Virtual Reality (MVR) used as simulation environment in the RecoRob system<br />
17.2 Intelligent automated investigation of a hazardous environment<br />
To overcome the difficulties <strong>and</strong> limitations of teleoperation it is absolutely necessary to move beyond<br />
teleoperation <strong>and</strong> develop robot intelligence that can be interleaved with human intelligence. The Idaho<br />
National Engineering <strong>and</strong> Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) has developed a mixed-initiative robotic<br />
system which can shift modes of autonomy on the fly, relying on its own intrinsic intelligence to protect itself<br />
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