Control of rigid and flexible objects on a pneumatic active surface device

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-165

  Åfarič, Riko ^a   Uran, Suzana ^a   Winther, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

arrays of actuators and sensors; closed loop motion control; distributed manipulation; flexible objects; object manipulation; open loop motion; rigid objects; rotation; translation; vector fields

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; MECHATRONICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ORIFICES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; ROTATION; SENSORS; VECTORS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ARRAYS OF ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; CLOSED-LOOP MOTION CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED MANIPULATION; FLEXIBLE OBJECTS; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OPEN-LOOP MOTION; RIGID OBJECTS; TRANSLATION; VECTOR FIELDS;

PNEUMATICS;

EID: 2442564678     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0142331204tm110oa     Document Type: Article

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