Modeling and control of the twisted string actuation system

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 664-673

  Palli, Gianluca ^a   Natale, Ciro ^b   May, Chris ^c   Melchiorri, Claudio ^a   Wur̈tz, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actuation; Robotic hands; Tendons; Transmission system

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION; ACTUATION SYSTEMS; DRIVING SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; MODELING AND CONTROL; ROBOTIC DEVICES; SLIDING MANIFOLDS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS; DC MOTORS; END EFFECTORS; ROBOTICS; TENDONS;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 84883665828     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2011.2181855     Document Type: Article

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