An investigation of the transmission system of a tendon driven robot hand

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 1994, Pages 202-208

  Nahvi, Ali ^a   Hollerbach, John M ^a   Xu, Yangming ^a   Hunter, Ian W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

DEXTROUS HANDS; FREQUENCY RANGES; ROBOT HAND; ROUTINGS; TENDON-DRIVEN ROBOTS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 3042510679     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.1994.407390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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