UBH 3: An anthropomorphic hand with simplified endo-skeletal structure and soft continuous fingerpads

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 4736-4741

  Lotti, F ^a   Tiezzi, P ^a   Vassura, G ^a   Biagiotti, L ^a   Melchiorri, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastic joint; Impedance control; Multifingered robot hand; Soft finger

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BONE; ELASTICITY; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MANIPULATORS; MUSCLE; SENSORS;

ELASTIC JOINTS; IMPEDANCE CONTROL; MULTIFINGERED ROBOT HANDS; SOFT FINGERS;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 3042687712     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1302466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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