Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 18809-18814

  Brown, Eric ^a   Rodenberg, Nicholas ^a   Amend, John ^b   Mozeika, Annan ^c   Steltz, Erik ^c   Zakin, Mitchell R ^d   Lipson, Hod ^b   Jaeger, Heinrich M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c iRobot G and I Research   (United States)

^d DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friction; Interlocking; Packing density; Stress strain; Suction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

EID: 78650459804     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003250107     Document Type: Article

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