Design and analysis of a biomimetic wire-driven robot arm

ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011

Volumn 7, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2011, Pages 191-198

  Li, Zheng ^a   Du, Ruxu ^a   Lei, Man Cheong ^a   Yuan, Song Mei ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; INVERSE KINEMATICS; ROBOTIC ARMS; SERPENTINE; WIRE;

D-H METHOD; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; FIXED NODES; FORWARD KINEMATICS; GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; POSITIONING ERROR; SERPENTINE ROBOTS; WIRE-DRIVEN;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84869151331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/imece2011-63482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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