Towards a design optimization method for reducing the mechanical complexity of underactuated robotic hands

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2843-2850

  Hammond III, Frank L ^a   Weisz, Jonathan ^b   De La Llera Kurth, Andrés A ^a   Allen, Peter K ^b   Howe, Robert D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS; TOPOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; HAND KINEMATICS; MECHANICAL COMPLEXITY; MECHANICAL COMPLIANCE; NUMBER OF ACTUATORS; REDUCED ACTUATION; UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84864463078     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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