A variable stiffness joint by granular jamming

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2012, Pages 267-275

  Jiang, Allen ^a   Ataollahi, Asghar ^a   Althoefer, Kaspar ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a   Nanayakkara, Thrishantha ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULATION; JAMMING; STIFFNESS;

'CURRENT; GRANULAR JAMMING; GRANULAR MATTER; HIGH DEGREE OF FREEDOM; HIGH STIFFNESS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY; SNAKE-LIKE ROBOT; VARIABLE STIFFNESS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

EID: 84884649085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2012-70670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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