The ACT hand: Design of the skeletal structure

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 3375-3379

  Weghe, Michael Vande ^a   Rogers, Matthew ^a   Weissert, Michael ^b   Matsuoka, Yoky ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically Inspired Systems, Biomechanics, Hand, Hand surgery, Anatomically Correct Testbed; Humanoid Robots

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONS; GRAVITATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MANIPULATORS; STIFFNESS; TENDONS;

ANATOMICALLY-CORRECT TESTBED; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED SYSTEMS; HAND; HAND SURGERY; HUMANOID ROBOTS;

END EFFECTORS;

EID: 3042556036     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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