Paper Info
Title
Manipulating objects with gliders in cellular automata
Abstract
Micro-scale manipulation of objects is a growing requirement in specialised industries, especially those related to assembly of fragile micro-components. Widely implemented techniques in robotics and automation do not always cope with the delicate nature of the process. To improve the micro-scale manipulators we consider both hardware and software issues, and focus on designing massive-parallel embedded controllers for non-trivial actuating surfaces. This paper offers an initial insight on cellular automata (CA) gliders control of a smart surface. A brief presentation of the prototype hardware will be given along with a justification on the selection of manipulated objects. The formulation of the excitable CA lattice is presented and experimental data is analysed. The results support the capabilities of a fully distributed CA controlled massive parallel manipulation architecture.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/CoASE.2012.6386381
Automation Science and Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
cellular automata,control system synthesis,industrial manipulators,robotic assembly,cellular automata,fragile microcomponent assembling,glider control,hardware issue,massive-parallel embedded controller design,microscale manipulation,microscale manipulator,nontrivial actuating surface,object manipulation,parallel manipulation architecture,robotics,smart surface,software issue
Cellular automaton,Architecture,Automation,Software,Artificial intelligence,Engineering,Robotics,Trajectory,Distributed computing
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2161-8070
978-1-4673-0429-0
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.50
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ioannis Georgilas120.50
andrew adamatzky21180163.89
Chris Melhuish374787.61