Control system architecture of an intelligent humanoid robot

Dinh-Quan Nguyen, Ha Huy Hung, Dinh-Son Le, Van-An Tran, The-Hung Nguyen, Viet-Linh Cao
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Authors

  • Dinh-Quan Nguyen Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Le Quy Don Technical University, 236 Hoang Quoc Viet, Bac Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-4775
  • Ha Huy Hung 2Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Le Quy Don Technical University, 236 Hoang Quoc Viet, Bac Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2034-775X
  • Dinh-Son Le Faculty of Information Technology, Le Quy Don Technical University, 236 Hoang Quoc Viet, Bac Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
  • Van-An Tran Faculty of Information Technology, Le Quy Don Technical University, 236 Hoang Quoc Viet, Bac Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
  • The-Hung Nguyen Faculty of Technical Command and Staff, Le Quy Don Technical University, 236 Hoang Quoc Viet, Bac Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
  • Viet-Linh Cao 4Institute of Radar, Military Institute of Science and Technology, 17 Hoang Sam, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/2525-2518/16891

Keywords:

humanoid robots, control system architecture, social robots

Abstract

This paper presents the hardware and control software architectures of an intelligent humanoid robot. The robot has a mobile base consists of three omnidirectional wheels that allows it to move freely with three degree-of-freedom (DOF), two 6-DOF arms and 3-DOF neck and head that allows it to perform most of the common movements of human. Detail hardware components are given to show our mechanical design solution of the robot. The control software structure of the robotic system is constructed in the robot operating system (ROS) framework which is mainly used as a bridge to connect the control modules and various peripheral devices to ease our robot system task management. We have also shown the detail structure of the robot control system which consists of all key control  modules which enable the robot functions: from upper level with AI-based techniques such as image and sound processing to middle level with the robot motion controllers and then to the lower level with the management of atuators and sensors. The proposed architecture is being developed and tested on a real humanoid robot prototype called Bonbon to support Enghlish teaching in elementary schools.

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Published

30-12-2022

How to Cite

[1]
N. D. Quan, H. H. Ha, L. D. Son, T. V. An, N. T. Hung, and C. V. Linh, “Control system architecture of an intelligent humanoid robot ”, Vietnam J. Sci. Technol., vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 1162–1178, Dec. 2022.

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Vol. 60 No. 6 (2022)

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Mechanical Engineering - Mechatronics

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