Differentiated layer design to modify the compliance of soft pads for robotic limbs

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1285-1290

  Berselli, Giovanni ^a   Vassura, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b DIEM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental analysis; Fingertip design; Robotic hands; Soft fingers

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTACT DEFORMATION; CONTACT LOAD; ELASTIC MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FINGERTIP DESIGN; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; INTERNAL LAYERS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; POWER LAW; RAPID-PROTOTYPING MANUFACTURING; RIGID CORE; ROBOTIC HANDS; SKIN LAYER; SOFT FINGERS; THICK LAYERS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; END EFFECTORS; JOB ANALYSIS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); ROBOTIC ARMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 70350389543     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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