Design of a flexure-based gripper used in optical fiber handling

2004 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 83-88

  Chen, Wenjie ^a   Lin, Wei ^a  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fiber Handling; Flexure; Micro Manipulation; Miniature Gripper

Indexed keywords

FIBER HANDLING; MICRO MANIPULATION; MINIATURE GRIPPERS; FLEXURE; MICRO MANIPULATIONS;

ACTUATORS; BANDWIDTH; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRICTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROMANIPULATORS; MOTION CONTROL; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 11244272105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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