An inextensible model for the robotic manipulation of textiles

We introduce a new isometric strain model for the study of the dynamics of cloth garments in a moderate stress environment, such as robotic manipulation in the neighborhood of humans. This model treats textiles as surfaces that are inextensible, admitting only isometric motions. Inextensibility is d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Coltraro, Franco|||0000-0002-9149-950X, Amorós Torrent, Jaume|||0000-0002-3133-9985, Alberich Carramiñana, Maria|||0000-0003-2749-4875, Torras, Carme|||0000-0002-2933-398X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/366342
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/366342
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2021.09.013
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Textiles et tissus--Computer simulation
Optimisation Author keywords: Inextensible cloth
FEM Simulation
Physical modeling
Experimental validation
Robotic manipulation
Teixits i tèxtils--Simulació per ordinador
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Robòtica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria tèxtil::Indústria tèxtil::Automatització de processos tèxtils
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Sumario:We introduce a new isometric strain model for the study of the dynamics of cloth garments in a moderate stress environment, such as robotic manipulation in the neighborhood of humans. This model treats textiles as surfaces that are inextensible, admitting only isometric motions. Inextensibility is derived in a continuous setting, prior to any discretization, which gives consistency with respect to remeshing and prevents the problem of locking even with coarse meshes. The simulations of robotic manipulation using the model are compared to the actual manipulation in the real world, finding that the difference between the simulated and the real position of each point in the garment is lower than 1cm in average even when a coarse mesh is used. Aerodynamic contributions to motion are incorporated to the model through the virtual uncoupling of the inertial and gravitational mass of the garment. This approach results in an accurate, when compared to the recorded dynamics of real textiles, description of cloth motion incorporating aerodynamic effects by using only two parameters.