Design and feasibility tests of a flexible gripper based on inflatable rubber pockets

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 46, Issue 12-13, 2006, Pages 1350-1361

  Choi, Ho ^a   Koç, Muammer ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible; Gripper design; Robotic; Rubber; Selection; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; ROBOTICS; RUBBER;

FLEXIBLE; GRIPPER DESIGN; PNEUMATIC INFLATION; STRATEGIES;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 33746374453     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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