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A Mobile Manipulator
M. Mason, D. Pai, D. Rus, L.R. Taylor, and M. Erdmann
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '99), Vol. 3, May, 1999, pp. 2322 - 2327.

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This paper describes a mobile manipulator that uses its wheels for manipulation as well as locomotion. This robot, named the mobipulator, looks like a small car with four independently powered wheels, none of them steered. It is designed to manipulate paper and other objects on the surface of a desk. The wheels are used for locomotion or for manipulation, switching functions dynamically as the task demands. So far we have preliminary demonstrations of a variety of motions, and performance data for the task of moving a sheet of paper in a square while maintaining constant orientation.

Associated lab/group: Manipulation Lab

M. Mason, D. Pai, D. Rus, L.R. Taylor, and M. Erdmann, "A Mobile Manipulator," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '99), Vol. 3, May, 1999, pp. 2322 - 2327.

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   author = "Matthew Mason and Dinesh Pai and Daniela Rus and L. R. Taylor and Michael Erdmann",
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   booktitle = "IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '99)",
   month = "May",
   year = "1999",
   volume = "3",
   pages = "2322 - 2327"
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