Parts Orienting by Push-Aligning - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Parts Orienting by Push-Aligning

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp. 414 - 420, May, 1995

Abstract

Programmable parts orienting is an important capability for flexible automation systems. Here we study how a part grasped in an unknown orientation by a force-controlled robot can be oriented by a sequence of push-align actions against a wall followed by sensor measurements of the distance from the grasp point to the wall. This paper concentrates on three issues: planning a sequence of actions to orient a part, exploring design changes that enable the part to be oriented in fewer steps, and the effect of shape uncertainty, due to manufacturing tolerances, on part orientability.

BibTeX

@conference{Akella-1995-13877,
author = {Srinivas Akella and Matthew T. Mason},
title = {Parts Orienting by Push-Aligning},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
year = {1995},
month = {May},
volume = {1},
pages = {414 - 420},
}