On the mechanics of natural compliance in frictional contacts and its effect on grasp stiffness and stability

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1264-1269

  Shapiro, Amir ^a   Rimon, Elon ^a   Burdick, Joel W ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FRICTION; GRIPPERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STIFFNESS MATRIX; SYSTEM STABILITY;

FORCE DISPLACEMENT; FRICTION-COMPLIANCE MODELS; FRICTIONAL CONTACTS; GRASP STIFFNESS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 3042573612     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1307998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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