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Cooperative Manipulators

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This chapter presents an overview of the main modeling and control issues related to cooperative manipulation of a common object by means of two or more robotic manipulators. A historical path is followed to present the main research results on cooperative manipulation. Kinematics and dynamics of robotic arms cooperatively manipulating a tightly grasped rigid object are briefly discussed. Then, the main strategies for force/motion control of cooperative systems are briefly reviewed.

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  1. School of Engineering, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, Italy

    Fabrizio Caccavale

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    John Baillieul

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    Tariq Samad

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e Tecnologie dell'Informazione, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

    Bruno Siciliano

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Caccavale, F. (2020). Cooperative Manipulators. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_175-2

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    Cooperative Manipulators
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_175-2

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