The ability of underactuated hands to grasp and hold objects

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 408-425

  Kragten, Gert A ^a   Herder, Just L ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grasping; Holding; Performance; Robotic hands; Underactuation

Indexed keywords

DISTURBING FORCES; FREELY MOVING; GRASPED OBJECT; PERFORMANCE METRICS; ROBOTIC HANDS; UNDER-ACTUATION; UNDERACTUATED HAND;

ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS;

END EFFECTORS;

EID: 72149092676     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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