A new aerodynamic-traction principle for handling products on an air cushion

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 379-384

  Laurent, Guillaume J ^a   Delettre, Anne ^a   Le Fort Piat, Nadine ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Contactless manipulation; distributed manipulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; AIR CUSHION; AIR JET; CLEAN PRODUCTS; CONTACTLESS MANIPULATION; DEVICE GEOMETRIES; DISTRIBUTED MANIPULATION; GLASS SHEET; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INDUCED AIRFLOW; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; THIN AIR;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR CUSHIONING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OIL TANKERS; PAPER SHEETING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; TRACTION (FRICTION);

AIR;

EID: 79953794121     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2011.2109211     Document Type: Article

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