A novel approach to mechanical design of articulated fingers for robotic hands

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1687-1692

  Lotti, Fabrizio ^a   Vassura, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); END EFFECTORS; HINGES; KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICULATED FINGERS; MECHANICAL DESIGN; ROBOTIC FINGERS;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 0036448886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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