Flexure-based gripper for small-scale manipulation

Robotica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-187

  Goldfarb, Michael ^a   Celanovic, Nikola ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FORCE CONTROL; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MANIPULATORS; POSITION CONTROL; STRAIN GAGES;

DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; MICROGRIPPER; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC STACK ACTUATOR; TELEOPERATIVE TRANSPARENCY;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 0032633677     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026357479900096X     Document Type: Article

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