Air muscle actuated low cost humanoid hand

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-146

  Scarfe, Peter ^a   Lindsay, Euan ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Humanoid hand; Low cost; McKibben air muscle; Pressure balancing valve; Robotic arm

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COST ACCOUNTING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; ROBOTIC ARMS;

AIR MUSCLE; HUMAN-EQUIVALENT TASKS; HUMANOID; HUMANOID HAND; LOW COST; MCKIBBEN AIR-MUSCLE; PRESSURE BALANCING VALVE;

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EID: 33745810130     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/5745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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