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Title: Bracing micro/macro manipulators control

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10163084
 [1];  [2]
  1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Mechanical Engineering

This paper proposes a bracing strategy for micro/macro manipulators. The bracing micro/macro manipulator can provide advantages in accurate positioning, large work-space, and contact-task capability however, in exchange for improvement in performance one must accept the complex control problem along wit the complex dynamics. This research develops a control scheme for a bracing manipulator which makes multiple contacts with the environment. Experimental results show the feasibility of the proposed ideas for real world applications.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
10163084
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-24223; CONF-940550-13; ON: DE94014434; CNN: GRANT NAG1-623
Resource Relation:
Conference: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) international conference on robotics,San Diego, CA (United States),8-13 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: May 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English