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Main Authors: Stewart, Seth, Pawelski, Joseph, Ward, Steve, Petruska, Andrew J.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02761
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author Stewart, Seth
Pawelski, Joseph
Ward, Steve
Petruska, Andrew J.
author_facet Stewart, Seth
Pawelski, Joseph
Ward, Steve
Petruska, Andrew J.
contents Extending the field of magnetic manipulation to conductive, non-magnetic objects opens the door for a wide array of applications previously limited to hard or soft magnetic materials. Of particular interest is the recycling of space debris through the use of oscillating magnetic fields, which represent a cache of raw materials in an environment particularly suited to the low forces generated from inductive magnetic manipulation. Building upon previous work that demonstrated 3D open-loop position control by leveraging the opposing dipole moment created from induced eddy currents, this work demonstrates closed-loop position control of a semi-buoyant aluminum sphere in lab tests, and the efficacy of varying methods for force inversion is explored. The closed-loop methods represent a critical first step towards wider applications for 3-DOF position control of induced magnetic dipoles.
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spellingShingle Non-Contact Manipulation of Induced Magnetic Dipoles
Stewart, Seth
Pawelski, Joseph
Ward, Steve
Petruska, Andrew J.
Robotics
Extending the field of magnetic manipulation to conductive, non-magnetic objects opens the door for a wide array of applications previously limited to hard or soft magnetic materials. Of particular interest is the recycling of space debris through the use of oscillating magnetic fields, which represent a cache of raw materials in an environment particularly suited to the low forces generated from inductive magnetic manipulation. Building upon previous work that demonstrated 3D open-loop position control by leveraging the opposing dipole moment created from induced eddy currents, this work demonstrates closed-loop position control of a semi-buoyant aluminum sphere in lab tests, and the efficacy of varying methods for force inversion is explored. The closed-loop methods represent a critical first step towards wider applications for 3-DOF position control of induced magnetic dipoles.
title Non-Contact Manipulation of Induced Magnetic Dipoles
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02761