Computing immobilizing grasps of polygonal parts

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 467-479

  Van Der Stappen, A Frank ^a   Wentink, Chantal ^a   Overmars, Mark H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA STRUCTURES; END EFFECTORS; MANIPULATORS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

IMMOBILIZING GRASPS; OUTPUT-SENSITIVE ALGORITHMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0034179928     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783640022066978     Document Type: Article

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