Manipulation of a circular object without object information

Abstract

This paper proposes a manipulation of a circular object in a horizontal plane by a pair of finger robots. This method guarantees the dynamic stability of the system and does not require any object models and object sensing to manipulate the object. It is assumed that there is no friction between the object and the horizontal plane and it is possible to be adequately large friction between the fingertips and the object. We examine the condition of stable grasping of a circular object and propose controllers for stable grasping and for controlling its approximate relative orientation angle without object sensing. The experimental results show the validity of the controller.