New DFG project on model predictive control for robotic hand-arm systems

The research project “Synergy-Based Model Predictive Interaction Control for Robotic Hand-Arm Systems,” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), is being conducted in collaboration with the Chair of Autonomous Systems and Mechatronics (Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Philipp Beckerle). The project seeks to develop an innovative control architecture for hand-arm robotic systems. These robots can significantly reduce the workload in shared workspaces in both industrial and everyday tasks.

A key challenge is ensuring that such systems can perform complex motions with precise force control while also being intuitively recognizable to humans, thereby increasing acceptance. The project aims to integrate kinematic synergies into a modular model predictive control (MPC) framework to lower computational complexity and achieve human-like motions, enhancing the interaction between humans and robots.