IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 83

By Fabio Ruggiero, Antoine Petit, Diana Serra, Aykut C. Satici, Jonathan Cacace, Alejandro Donaire, Fanny Ficuciello,
Luca R. Buonocore, Giuseppe Andrea Fontanelli, Vincenzo Lippiello, Luigi Villani, and Bruno Siciliano

Nonprehensile
Manipulation
of Deformable Objects

T

he goal of this article is to disseminate the
planning and control strategies for robotic
nonprehensile manipulation results achieved so
far with the Robotic Dynamic Manipulation
(RoDyMan) project. The goal of the project is
to advance the state of the art of nonprehensile dynamic
manipulation of rigid and deformable objects to enhance
the possibility of employing robots in anthropic
environments. RoDyMan project's final demonstration
will be acting as an autonomous pizza maker. This article
highlights the lessons learned and paves the way toward
critical discussions and future research.

Achievements
and Perspectives
from the Robotic
Dynamic
Manipulation
Project

Overview of Nonprehensile Manipulation
Manipulating an object entails changing its current state to a
desired one. Suppose an object on a table has to be moved
from location A to B on the same table. How would you move
it? The two most common answers might be 1) grab the
object, lift it up, and place it back on the table in location B, or
2) push the object on the table from A to B. In case 1, the
object is gripped between the fingertips and/or the
palm, and the hand is theoretically able to resist
any external disturbance applied to the
object (force closure), even preventing
infinitesimal motions (form closure)
[1]. Bilateral constraints are exhibited
by the grasp in both closures. In case 2,
the object is instead pushed by one or
more of the fingertips, and the fingertips are able to resist only forces counteracting the direction of the pushing;
hence, nonprehensile or graspless manipulation occurs because only unilateral constraints are involved. These tasks can also be
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MRA.2017.2781306
Date of publication: 20 March 2018

1070-9932/18©2018IEEE

Robot: ©istockphoto.com/julos
pizza: ©istockphoto.com/bonetta

september 2018

*

IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

*

83


http://www.istockphoto.com/julos http://www.istockphoto.com/bonetta

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018

Contents
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - Cover1
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - Cover2
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - Contents
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 2
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 3
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 4
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 5
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 6
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 7
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 8
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 9
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 10
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 11
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 12
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 13
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 14
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 15
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 16
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 17
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 18
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 19
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 20
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 21
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 22
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 23
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 24
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 25
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 26
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 27
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 28
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 29
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 30
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 31
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 32
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 33
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 34
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 35
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 36
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 37
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 38
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 39
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 40
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 41
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 42
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 43
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 44
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 45
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 46
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 47
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 48
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 49
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 50
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 51
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 52
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 53
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 54
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 55
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 56
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 57
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 58
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 59
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 60
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 61
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 62
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 63
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 64
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 65
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 66
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 67
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 68
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 69
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 70
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 71
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 72
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 73
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 74
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 75
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 76
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 77
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 78
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 79
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 80
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 81
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 82
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 83
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 84
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 85
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 86
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 87
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 88
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 89
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 90
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 91
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 92
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 93
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 94
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 95
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 96
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 97
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 98
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 99
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 100
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 101
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 102
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 103
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 104
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 105
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 106
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 107
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 108
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 109
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 110
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 111
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 112
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 113
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 114
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 115
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - 116
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - Cover3
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2018 - Cover4
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2018
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2018
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2018
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2018
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2017
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2017
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2017
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2017
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2016
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2016
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2016
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2016
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2015
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2015
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2015
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2015
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2014
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2014
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2014
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2014
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2013
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2013
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2013
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2013
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2012
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2012
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2012
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2012
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2011
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2011
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_june2011
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_march2011
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_december2010
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/roboticsautomation_september2010
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com