Inexpensive Conveyor-Based Parts Feeding
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This paper describes a manipulation primitive called toppling—knocking a part over. We derive the mechanical conditions for toppling and describe two applications to conveyor-based parts feeding. Toppling complements previous approaches to conveyor-plane feeding, allowing full three-dimensional parts feeding on a constant-speed conveyor.
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تاریخ انتشار 1999