Development of a soft finger-joint mechanism for human-care robot

IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 49-54

  Kajikawa, Shinya ^a   Kon, Hiroshi ^a   Kikuchi, Kohei ^a   Satoh, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elastic Joint; Estimation of Torque; Passive Compliance; Robot Finger

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION ESTIMATION; SILICONES; TORQUE;

ELASTIC JOINTS; ESTIMATION OF TORQUE; HUMAN-CARE ROBOTS; PASSIVE COMPLIANCE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

EID: 27744580219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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