Variable impedance magnetorheological clutch actuator and telerobotic implementation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2885-2891

  Walker, Daniel S ^a   Thoma, Dan J ^b   Niemeyer, Günter ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE; FORCE TRACKING; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HUMAN SAFETY; IMPACT FORCE; LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID; MATERIALS DESIGN; OUTPUT FORCE; OUTPUT IMPEDANCE; ROBOTIC DEVICES; SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOMS; TORQUE TRACKING; VARIABLE IMPEDANCE;

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MAGNETOS;

CLUTCHES;

EID: 76249131703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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