Inter-finger coordination and postural synergies in robot hands via mechanical implementation of principal components analysis

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2877-2882

  Brown, Christopher Y ^a   Asada, H Harry ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC MOTORS; END EFFECTORS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS;

HUMAN HANDS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; ROBOT HANDS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 51349113325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2007.4399547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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