Robotic gripper driven by flexible microactuator based on an innovative technique

Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 111-116

  Udupa, Ganesha ^a   Sreedharan, Pramod ^a   Aditya, K ^a  

^a AMRITA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTEROUS HANDS; DYNAMIC APPLICATIONS; FLEXIBLE ACTUATOR; FLEXIBLE TUBES; HUMAN HANDS; HYDRAULIC SYSTEM; INTERNAL PRESSURE; LOAD CAPACITY; MICRO ROBOTS; PIPELINE INSPECTION; PRESSURE CONTROL VALVES; ROBOTIC GRIPPERS; TACTILE SENSING; UNDERWATER ROBOTS; WALKING ROBOTS;

GRIPPERS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; MICROACTUATORS; RESEARCH; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84869992776     PISSN: 21627568     EISSN: 21627576     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ARSO.2010.5680040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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