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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE C
ISSN 1869-1951(Print), 1869-196x(Online), Monthly
2012 Vol.13 No.3 P.218-231
Grasp evaluation and contact points planning for polyhedral objects using a ray-shooting algorithm
Abstract: Grasp evaluation and planning are two fundamental issues in robotic grasping and dexterous manipulation. Most traditional methods for grasp quality evaluation suffer from non-uniformity of the wrench space and a dependence on the scale and choice of the reference frame. To overcome these weaknesses, we present a grasp evaluation method based on disturbance force rejection under the assumption that the normal component of each individual contact force is less than one. The evaluation criterion is solved using an enhanced ray-shooting algorithm in which the geometry of the grasp wrench space is read by the support mapping. This evaluation procedure is very fast due to the efficiency of the ray-shooting algorithm without linearization of the friction cones. Based on a necessary condition for grasp quality improvement, a heuristic searching algorithm for polyhedral object regrasp is also proposed. It starts from an initial force-closure unit grasp configuration and iteratively improves the grasp quality to find the locally optimum contact points. The efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed algorithms are illustrated by a number of numerical examples.
Key words: Force closure, Grasp quality evaluation, Multifingered grasp, Grasping planning, Ray-shooting
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DOI:
10.1631/jzus.C1100151
CLC number:
TP242
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2012-03-01
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2011-10-25
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