Omnidirectional Nonprehensile Manipulation Using Only One Actuator

This paper presents a novel nonprehensile manipulation method that uses the vibration of a plate, where the two degrees of freedom of a part on the plate are controlled by only one actuator. First, a manipulator whose end effector is a flat plate is introduced. By employing an underactuated joint me...

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Main Authors: Mitsuru Higashimori, Kohei Yamaguchi, Akihide Shibata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Robotics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/7/3/34