Workspace analysis of a multifingered metamorphic hand

Proceedings of the 2009 ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 589-595

  Cui, Lei ^a   Dai, Jian S ^a   De, Lun Wang ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gauss map; Metamorphic; Multifingered hand; Orientation; Palm; workspace

Indexed keywords

GAUSS MAP; METAMORPHIC; MULTIFINGERED HAND; ORIENTATION; PALM WORKSPACE;

END EFFECTORS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 70449123312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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