Manipulation of polyhedral parts by rolling
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چکیده
The nonholonomy exhibited by kinematic systems consisting of bodies rolling on top of each other can be used to the purpose of building dexterous mechanism with a minimum hardware complication. Previous work concentrated on manipulation of objects possessing a regular surface. On the other hand, industrial parts are most often irregular, possessing ver-tices and edges. In this paper we present some results on the description of the set of positions and orienta-tions that polyhedral objects can reach when manipulated by rolling without slipping. An algorithm for planning the manipulation of a polyhedral part from a given connguration to another reachable one, is also presented.
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