Suspended-Fabric Robotic Manipulation Surfaces: Modelling, Design Space, and Multimodular Extension
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This research presents a separable catenary model for suspended-fabric robotic manipulation surfaces (RMS) that enables object positioning via simple PID control. The study demonstrates a multimodular prototype transferring centimeter-scale objects within 0.03 m accuracy over a 1 m² workspace using nine actuators, validating the approach for multi-object and parallel manipulation tasks.
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“span and actuator stroke to the reachable workspace, yielding a minimum fabric length bound and design charts for these surfaces. The approach is then extended to a multimodular platform in which neighbouring modules share actuators. On a $2 \times 2$ prototype, we demonstrate that centimetre-scale objects are transferred between modules and positioned within 0.03 m over a $1 m^2$ workspace with only nine actuators,”
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“span and actuator stroke to the reachable workspace, yielding a minimum fabric length bound and design charts for these surfaces. The approach is then extended to a multimodular platform in which neighbouring modules share actuators. On a $2 \times 2$ prototype, we demonstrate that centimetre-scale objects are transferred between modules and positioned within 0.03 m over a $1 m^2$ workspace with only nine actuators,”
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- arXiv Robotics — research abstractsSignalSuspended-Fabric Robotic Manipulation Surfaces: Modelling, Design Space, and Multimodular Extension
This research presents a separable catenary model for suspended-fabric robotic manipulation surfaces (RMS) that enables object positioning via simple PID control. The study demonstrates a multimodular prototype transferring centimeter-scale objects within 0.03 m accuracy over a 1 m² workspace using nine actuators, validating the approach for multi-object and parallel manipulation tasks.
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