A platform for grasp performance assessment in compliant or underactuated hands

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0245021-0245026

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

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

A-STABLE; BENCHMARK TESTS; BOUNDARY POSITIONS; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; UNDERACTUATED; UNDERACTUATED HAND;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 77955247959     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000761     Document Type: Article

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