A shape memory alloy actuated anthropomorphic prosthetic hand: Initial experiments

2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering, MECBME 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 41-44

  Kady, Ahmed El ^a   Taher, Mona F ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DESIGN; CONTROL INPUTS; CONTROL SCHEMES; CONVENTIONAL MOTORS; DUTY CYCLES; POWER CONSUMPTION; PROSTHETIC HANDS; RECOVERY TIME; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY WIRE; SMA WIRE; TORSION SPRINGS;

ACTUATORS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CABLES; EXPERIMENTS; PROSTHETICS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; WIRE;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 79957890402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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