Electric Field Servoing for robotic manipulation

—This paper presents two experiments with Electric Field Servoing for robotic manipulation. In the first, a robot hand pre-shapes to the geometry and pose of objects to be grasped, by servoing each finger according to the values on EF sensors built in to each finger. In the second, a 7 degree of freedom arm aligns itself in 2 dimensions with a target object using electric field measurements as the error signal. This system also allows the end effector to dynamically track the target object as it is moved.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: IROS
• Authors: Ryan Wistort, Joshua R. Smith
• Keywords: Electric Field, IROS 2008, Robot Hand Pre-shapes, Robotics, Target Object