Geometric analysis and synthesis of the metamorphic robotic hand

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1191-1197

  Dai, Jian S ^a   Wang, Delun ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Analysis; Geometry; Metamorphic mechanism; Multifingered; Robotic hand; Robotic palm; Spherical mechanisms; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

COUPLER TRAJECTORY; FINGER OPERATION PLANES; FINGER-PALM RELATIONSHIP; ITERATIVE TRAJECTORY FITTING; METAMORPHIC MECHANISM; SPHERICAL MECHANISMS;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 36549062929     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2771576     Document Type: Article

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