Design and analysis of flexure-hinge parameter in microgripper

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 1185-1193

  Raghavendra, M R Aravind ^a   Kumar, A Senthil ^a   Jagdish, Bhat Nikhil ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

FEM; Flexure hinges; Microgripper

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON STUDY; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; FEM; FLEXURE HINGE; HINGE DESIGNS; INPUT/OUTPUT; KINEMATIC MODEL; MANUFACTURING ERRORS; MICROGRIPPER; PRECISE MANIPULATION; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; STRESS AND DISPLACEMENTS; WEB THICKNESS;

GRIPPERS; KINEMATICS; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

HINGES;

EID: 77956226365     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-009-2478-9     Document Type: Article

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