Experimental analysis of soft fingertips with internal rigid core

2005 International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR '05, Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 109-114

  Tiezzi, Paolo ^a   Vassura, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fingertip design; Fingertip stiffness; Mechanical characterization; Robotic dexterous hands; Son fingers

Indexed keywords

FINGERTIP DESIGN; FINGERTIP STIFFNESS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ROBOTIC DEXTEROUS HANDS; SON FINGERS;

EQUIPMENT TESTING; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 33749048260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICAR.2005.1507399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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