Control Aspects in Programming by Demonstation for Robotic Deep- Micro- Hole Drilling

This paper explores control aspects in a collab-orative robotic system designed to replicate human operators' drilling skills in deep- micro- hole tasks, focusing on the glass-container mould industry. To replicate human performance, we develop a single-DOF Impedance-based drill controller for a standard industrial position-controlled robot, enhancing safe and smooth interactions between the drill bit and the mould. To address high feed rates observed in worker demonstrations and prevent bit breaks, we focus on minimizing non-axial motion during drilling on an off-the-shelf available industrial manipulator KUKA KR 10. This involves analyzing the impact of joint dynamics on drill motion and designing a control system for the robot's low-level control to achieve axial drill motion. We show that the proposed joint control system that takes into account relationship between joint and tool dynamics outperforms available robot low-level control in minimizing non-axial motion, leading to the robot being able to outperform the human in deep- micro- hole drilling.