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Lifting Mechanism for Payload Transport by Collaborative Mobile Robots

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New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science

Part of the book series: Mechanisms and Machine Science ((Mechan. Machine Science,volume 24))

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This paper reviews lifting mechanisms and provides a description of a new lifting system that could be fixed on a mobile robot frame. The resulting collaborative mobile robots would be able to transport an object of any shape by lifting it above their transporting platform using the proposed system while keeping a stable formation in order to successfully achieve the task.

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LABEX IMobS3 Innovative Mobility: Smart and Sustainable Solutions, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Auvergne Regional Council and the European funds of regional development (FEDER) are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Institut Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    B. Hichri, J.-C. Fauroux, L. Adouane & Y. Mezouar

  2. Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi, Iaşi, Romania

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

    Paulo Flores

  2. Structural and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

    Fernando Viadero

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Hichri, B., Fauroux, JC., Adouane, L., Doroftei, I., Mezouar, Y. (2015). Lifting Mechanism for Payload Transport by Collaborative Mobile Robots. In: Flores, P., Viadero, F. (eds) New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09411-3_17

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