Generation of quadratic potential force fields from flow fields for distributed manipulation

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-118

  Varsos, Konstantinos ^a   Moon, Hyungpil ^a,b   Luntz, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow; Distributed manipulation; Nonprehensile manipulation; Parts feeding; Programmable force field; Quadratic potential fields

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MANIPULATORS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

AIRFLOW; DISTRIBUTED MANIPULATION SYSTEMS; NONPREHENSILE MANIPULATION; PARTS FEEDING; PROGRAMMABLE FORCE FIELD; QUADRATIC POTENTIAL FIELD;

PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTS;

EID: 32644453589     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2005.858858     Document Type: Article

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