Power efficiency of the rotational-to-linear infinitely variable cobotic transmission

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1285-1293

  Faulring, Eric L ^a   Colgate, J Edward ^b   Peshkin, Michael A ^b  

^a NuCrypt   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HAPTIC INTERFACES; POWER TRANSMISSION;

COBOTIC HAND CONTROLLER; COBOTS; ROLLING CONTACT TRANSMISSION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 38849109339     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2779885     Document Type: Article

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