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A Cooperative Contactless Object Transport with Acoustic Robots
Narsimlu Kemsaram, Akin Delibasi, James Hardwick, Bonot Gautam, Diego Martinez Plasencia, Sriram Subramanian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13957

A Cooperative Contactless Object Transport with Acoustic Robots
Cooperative transport, the simultaneous movement of an object by multiple agents, has been widely observed in biological systems such as ant colonies, which improve efficiency and adaptability in dynamic environments. Inspired by these natural phenomena, we present a novel acoustic robotic system for the transport of contactless objects in mid-air. Our system leverages phased ultrasonic transducers and a robotic control system onboard to generate localized acoustic pressure fields, enabling pre…