Caging Planar Bodies by One-Parameter Two-Fingered Gripping Systems

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 299-318

  Rimon, Elon ^a   Blake, Andrew ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRIPPERS;

MULTIFINGERED HAND; ONE-PARAMETER TWO-FINGERED GRIPPING SYSTEMS; STRATIFIED MORSE THEORY;

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EID: 0033099698     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783649922066222     Document Type: Article

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