Toward the design of a decoupled, two-dimensional, vision-based μN force sensor

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Cappelleri, David J ^a   Krishnan, Girish ^b   Kim, Charles ^c   Kumar, Vijay ^d   Kota, Sridhar ^b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE CAMERA; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; ELASTIC MECHANISM; FORCE SENSOR; MACRO SCALE; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; MULTI-AXIS; ROBOTIC MANIPULATION; SUSPENSION MECHANISM; VISION BASED;

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MECHANISMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; STIFFNESS; TEST FACILITIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 78649539633     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001093     Document Type: Article

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