A variable compliance, soft gripper

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 93-107

  Giannaccini, M E ^a   Georgilas, I ^a   Horsfield, I ^a   Peiris, B H P M ^a   Lenz, A ^a   Pipe, A G ^a   Dogramadzi, S ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuum robot; Grasping; Shape invariant grasping; Soft robotics; Variable compliance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; GRIPPERS; ROBOTICS;

CONTINUUM ROBOT; GRASPING; SHAPE INVARIANT GRASPING; SOFT ROBOTICS; VARIABLE COMPLIANCE;

RIGID STRUCTURES;

EID: 84891871031     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-013-9374-8     Document Type: Article

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