Abstract
The simultaneous control of force and motion is important in everyday activities when humans interact with objects. While many studies have analyzed the control of movement within a perturbing force field, few have investigated its dual aspects of controlling a contact force in nonisometric conditions. The mechanism by which the central nervous system controls forces during movements is still unclear, and it can be elucidated by estimating the mechanical properties of the arm during tasks with concurrent motion and contact force goals. We investigate how arm mechanics change when a force control task is accomplished during low-frequency positional perturbations of the arm. Contrary to many force regulation algorithms implemented in robotics, where contact impedance is decreased to reduce force fluctuations in response to position disturbances, we observed a steady increase of arm endpoint stiffness as the task progressed. Based on this evidence, we propose a theoretical framework suggesting that an internal model of the perturbing trajectory is formed. We observed that force regulation in the presence of predictable positional disturbances is implemented using a position control strategy together with the modulation of the endpoint stiffness magnitude, where the direction of the endpoint stiffness ellipse's major axis is oriented toward the desired force.
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