The AMADEUS dextrous subsea hand: Design, modeling, and sensor processing

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-111

  Lane, David M ^a   Davies, J Bruce C ^a   Robinson, Graham ^a   O'Brien, Desmond J ^a   Sneddon, Jim ^a   Seaton, Euan ^a   Elfstrom, Anders ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dextrous manipulator; Flexible robot; Force and slip sensing; Robot hand; Static and dynamic modeling; Subsea

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; MANIPULATORS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRAIN GAGES; GRIPPERS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FLEXIBLE ROBOTS; FORCE AND SLIP SENSING; ROBOT HAND; STATIC AND DYNAMIC MODELING; SUBSEA;

MACHINE DESIGN; END EFFECTORS;

DEXTROUS MANIPULATORS; FLEXIBLE ROBOTS; FORCE SENSING; SLIP CONTACT SENSING;

EID: 0032804967     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.740158     Document Type: Article

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