Stiffness and contact mechanics for soft fingers in grasping and manipulation

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-135

  Kao, Imin ^a   Yang, Fuqian ^a,b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact stiffness; Fixturing; Power law model; Soft contacts; Soft fingers; Stiffness rate

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; GRIPPERS; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS;

GRASPING; NORMAL FORCE; POWER-LAW EQUATION; SOFT FINGERS;

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EID: 1542346230     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2003.820868     Document Type: Article

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