Design of a hollow hexaform torque sensor for robot joints

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 967-976

  Aghili, Farhad ^a   Buehler, Martin ^b   Hollerbach, John M ^c  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint torque control; Robot joint; Torque sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344469177     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783640122068227     Document Type: Article

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