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Design, modeling, and constraint-compliant control of an autonomous morphing surface for omnidirectional object conveyance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2021
Abstract
In this paper, we conceptualize, analyze, and assemble a prototype adaptive surface system capable of morphing its geometric configuration using an array of linear actuators to impose omnidirectional movement of objects that lie on the surface. The principal focus and contribution of this paper is the derivation of feedback control protocols–for regulating the actuators’ length in order to accomplish the object conveyance task–that scale with the number of actuators and the nonlinear kinematic constraints of the morphing surface. Simulations and experimental results demonstrate the advantages of distributed manipulation over static-shaped feeders.
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This work is the complete version of the synoptic conference proceedings paper [5]. This full paper includes additional sections, clarifying remarks, and results compared to its conference counterpart.
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