Semi-Automated Micro Assembly for Rapid Prototyping of a One DOF Surgical Wrist

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1882-1888

  Sahai, Ranjana ^a   Lee, Jusuk ^a   Fearing, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); POLYESTERS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; SENSORS; STAINLESS STEEL;

MILLIROBOTS; ORTHOTWEEZERS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0346779029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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