Manipulating objects with gliders in cellular automata

Georgilas, Ioannis; Adamatzky, Andrew; Melhuish, Chris

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.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
• Start Date: Aug 20, 2012
• End Date: Aug 24, 2012
• Publication Date: Aug 20, 2012
• Deposit Date: May 28, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 12, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 936-941
• Keywords: robotics, cellular automata, micro-scale manipulation of objects, gliders, control system synthesis, industrial manipulators, robotic assembly
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1436021
• Publisher URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6386381&tag=1
• Related Public URLs: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CoASE.2012.6386381
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
• Contract Date: Apr 12, 2016