Control and virtual reality simulation of tendon driven mechanisms

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-145

  Londi, Fabio ^a   Pennestrì, Ettore ^a   Valentini, Pier Paolo ^a   Vita, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control; Tendon driven manipulator; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BINARY CODES; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC LINES; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; TENDONS; TORQUE;

TENDON DRIVEN MANIPULATORS; TENDON DRIVEN SYSTEM; TENSION FORCES; TORQUE RECTIFIER METHOD;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 5744251950     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MUBO.0000044419.83366.a9     Document Type: Article

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