000145448 001__ 145448 000145448 005__ 20250923084442.0 000145448 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1007/s00170-024-14591-8 000145448 0248_ $$2sideral$$a140318 000145448 037__ $$aART-2024-140318 000145448 041__ $$aeng 000145448 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9162-9215$$aBianchi, Edoardo$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000145448 245__ $$aA novel underactuated smart surface for parts feeding and sorting 000145448 260__ $$c2024 000145448 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000145448 5203_ $$aIn material handling, numerous solutions have been proposed to enhance the flexibility and adaptability of transport systems. Among these solutions, smart surfaces stand out as one of the most interesting responses, utilizing an array of actuators for common feeding tasks. The current paper focuses on a novel system within this category, notable for its distinguishing factor of being underactuated. With this characteristic, the concept leads to a simplified cost-effective design and a not actively driven functioning, leveraging gravity or object own velocity to manipulate the material flow maintaining top class performances, as the sorting rate reaches 4000 pcs/h. Specifically, the article begins with an introduction of the concept design and its digital model, followed by a description of the experimental setup built to test the surface’s functionality and evaluate the predictions of the virtual counterpart. On top of that, a method to determine the essential parameters for the surface simulation is proposed and applied. As a result, the prototype successfully completed the three main intralogistic tasks experimented, i.e., sorting, slowing, and stopping of packages. Lastly, the digital model outcomes of the same operations were computed and compared with the measured results, demonstrating an accuracy of prediction with displacements and time errors below 7%. 000145448 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/814225/EU/DIGItal MANufacturing Technologies for Zero-defect Industry 4.0 Production/DIGIMAN4.0$$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 814225-DIGIMAN4.0 000145448 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000145448 590__ $$a3.1$$b2024 000145448 592__ $$a0.706$$b2024 000145448 591__ $$aAUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS$$b33 / 89 = 0.371$$c2024$$dQ2$$eT2 000145448 593__ $$aIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering$$c2024$$dQ1 000145448 591__ $$aENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING$$b36 / 71 = 0.507$$c2024$$dQ3$$eT2 000145448 593__ $$aControl and Systems Engineering$$c2024$$dQ2 000145448 593__ $$aSoftware$$c2024$$dQ2 000145448 593__ $$aMechanical Engineering$$c2024$$dQ2 000145448 593__ $$aComputer Science Applications$$c2024$$dQ2 000145448 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000145448 700__ $$aFantoni, Gualtiero 000145448 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-3080-9217$$aBrosed Dueso, Francisco Javier$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000145448 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7152-4117$$aYagüe-Fabra, José A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000145448 7102_ $$15002$$2515$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ingeniería Diseño Fabri.$$cÁrea Ing. Procesos Fabricación 000145448 773__ $$g135, 3-4 (2024), 1221-1239$$pInt. j. adv. manuf. technol.$$tINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY$$x0268-3768 000145448 8564_ $$s3079388$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145448/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000145448 8564_ $$s2445520$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145448/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000145448 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:145448$$particulos$$pdriver 000145448 951__ $$a2025-09-22-14:51:30 000145448 980__ $$aARTICLE