On the feasibility and suitability of MR and ER based actuators in human friendly manipulators

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2904-2909

  Shafer, Alex S ^a   Kermani, Mehrdad R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; APPLIED FIELD; DEGRADED PERFORMANCE; HIGH COSTS; HUMAN ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN-FRIENDLY; INTRINSIC SAFETY; LOWER COST; MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; ROBOTICS INDUSTRY; SERVO SYSTEM;

ACTUATORS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; RHEOLOGY;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 76249101081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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