Development of mesoscopic polymer gripper system guided by precision design axioms

Precision Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 362-369

  Chang, R J ^a   Wang, H S ^a   Wang, Y L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mesoscopic mechatronic system; Polymer gripper; Precision design

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLYURETHANES; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

PRECISION DESIGN;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 0142125909     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-6359(03)00042-4     Document Type: Article

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