Title :
A Distributed Algorithm for a Reconfigurable Modular Surface
Author :
El-Baz, Didier ; Piranda, Benoit ; Bourgeois, Julien
Author_Institution :
LAAS, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
A distributed algorithm is proposed in order to control block motion of a reconfigurable micro-electro-mechanical modular surface. The modular surface is designed to convey fragile and tiny micro-parts. The distributed algorithm solves a discrete trajectory optimization problem. In particular, the algorithm computes the shortest path between two points of the modular surface using a strategy based on minimum hop count. The proposed method based on distributed asynchronous iterative elections is scalable.
Keywords :
distributed processing; electronic engineering computing; iterative methods; micromechanical devices; optimisation; block motion; discrete trajectory optimization problem; distributed algorithm; distributed asynchronous iterative elections; microparts; minimum hop count; reconfigurable microelectro-mechanical modular surface; reconfigurable modular surface; Context; Distributed algorithms; Iterative methods; Micromechanical devices; Nominations and elections; Optimization; XML; MEMS; Smart Blocks; distributed computing; optimization; self-organizing system; self-reconfigurable system; smart conveyor;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4117-9
DOI :
10.1109/IPDPSW.2014.178
