Prediction of equilibria of lifted logarithmic radial potential fields

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 747-762

  Moon, Hyungpil ^a   Luntz, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed manipulation; Parts feeding; Potential fields; Subharmonic functions

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; VIBRATION CONTROL;

DISTRIBUTED MANIPULATION; PARTS FEEDING; POTENTIAL FIELDS; SUBHARMONIC FUNCTIONS;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 3142658654     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364904045470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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