• DocumentCode
    2388483
  • Title

    Large motion range magnet levitation using a planar array of coils

  • Author

    Berkelman, Peter ; Dzadovsky, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii-Manoa, 2540 Dole St, 96822 USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-17 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    1609
  • Lastpage
    1610
  • Abstract
    We have formulated a method and implemented a device for magnetic levitation with a translation range which is at least twice as large as the dimensions of the levitated body in all directions. The motion range can be extended to any distance in the horizontal plane by adding more coils to the actuator array, and the rotation is potentially unlimited in all directions.
  • Keywords
    Coils; Magnetic levitation; Planar arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 2009. ICRA '09. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kobe
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2788-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1050-4729
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152804
  • Filename
    5152804