Stability cells of frictionless rigid body systems /

Abstract: "Dexterous manipulation planning is the act of determining the joint trajectories for a system of cooperating manipulators which can effect a desired change of position and orientation of a movable workpiece. In this paper, we define stability cells which are subsets of configurati...

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Main Author: Trinkle, Jeffrey C.
Other Authors: Farahat, A. O., Stiller, P. F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University, Computer Science Dept., [1992]
Series:Technical report (Texas A & M University. Computer Science Department) ; 92-030.
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Summary:Abstract: "Dexterous manipulation planning is the act of determining the joint trajectories for a system of cooperating manipulators which can effect a desired change of position and orientation of a movable workpiece. In this paper, we define stability cells which are subsets of configuration space for which a movable, frictionless workpiece is guaranteed to be stable. These cells could be used in cell-decomposition- type planning algorithms to generate joint trajectories (both position and effort trajectories) which, if executed, would drive the system to its goal configuration. Since the S-cells can be generated independently of one another, they would be well-suited for use in planning algorithms implemented on shared-memory, parallel computers."
Item Description:"November 1992."
Physical Description:34 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.