In this paper, we develop a new finite element model for a cable suspended in water. Global existence and uniqueness of solutions of the truncated system is shown for a slightly simplified equation describing the motion of a cable having negligible added mass and supported by fixed end-points. Based on this, along with well known results on local existence and uniqueness of solutions for symmet...

This work presents the application of an aerial manipulation robot for semi-autonomous installation clip-type bird flight diverters on overhead power line cables. A custom-made prototype is designed, developed, and experimentally validated. The proposed solution aims to reduce cost risk current procedures carried out by human operators deployed suspended carts, lifts, or manned helicopters. sys...

This film describes the co-simulation aspect between virtual and real robots, for detection and isolation of actuators and transmission channel faults. 1. INTRODUCTION In this film, a Co-simulation between a virtual and a real mobile robot is presented. It concerns the on line telediagnosis of transmission channel and actuators faults of a mobile robot. Two innovated points are given through th...

In this paper we study the problem of manipulating and transporting multiple objects on the plane using a cable attached at each end to a mobile robot. This problem is motivated by the use of boats with booms in skimming operations for cleaning oil spills or removing debris on the surface of the water. The goal in this paper is to automate the task of separating the objects of interest from a c...

The intention of the paper is to illustrate the ability of the probabilistic time-dependent reliability assessment procedure applied to non-linear suspended cable structure with rheological properties, when a rope made from the high strength synthetic fibres is used in order to demonstrate the new qualitatively different concept. Attention is turned to the individual main steps in the assessmen...