Survey on Air Levitation Conveyors with Possible Scalability Properties

Li Zhu (1) , Didier El Baz (1) , Huangsheng Ning (2)

1 LAAS-CDA - Équipe Calcul Distribué et Asynchronisme
2 USTB - University of Science and Technology Beijing [Beijing]

Re-configurability and scalability are important properties of smart non-contact conveyors. The paper studies smart conveyors. It concentrates on levitation methods; it makes a comprehensive survey on levitation technologies that are currently most active. A conclusion is made that air levitation is well suited to smart conveyors. Furthermore, an overview of the movement mechanisms on air levitation platforms is presented; the various advantages of these technologies are reviewed here and associated scalability properties are detailed. This provides a reference for selecting a reliable movement mechanism for future smart conveyors.

Mots clés: scalability; smart conveyor; air levitation; movement mechanism

Domaines: Systèmes embarqués; Robotique [cs.RO]

Li Zhu, Didier El Baz, Huangsheng Ning. Survey on Air Levitation Conveyors with Possible Scalability Properties. IEEE 12th Intl. Conf. on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, 2015 IEEE 12th Intl. Conf. on Autonomic and Trusted Computing and 2015 IEEE 15th Intl. Conf. on Scalable Computing and Communications and its Associated Workshops (UIC-ATC-ScalCom), Aug 2015, Beijing, China. pp.802-807, ⟨10.1109/UIC-ATC-ScalCom-CBDCom-IoP.2015.158⟩. ⟨hal-02115779⟩