The Velo gripper: A versatile single-actuator design for enveloping, parallel and fingertip grasps

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 753-767

  Ciocarlie, Matei ^a   Hicks, Fernando Mier ^a   Holmberg, Robert ^a   Hawke, Jeffrey ^a   Schlicht, Michael ^a   Gee, Jeff ^a   Stanford, Scott ^a   Bahadur, Ryan ^a  

^a Willow Garage Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

mechanical compliance; mechanism synthesis; Robot grasping; robotic hands; underactuation

Indexed keywords

END EFFECTORS; GRIPPERS; OPTIMIZATION;

ENVELOPING GRASPS; MECHANICAL COMPLIANCE; MECHANISM SYNTHESIS; PASSIVE ADAPTATION; PASSIVE EXTENSORS; ROBOT GRASPING; ROBOTIC GRIPPERS; UNDER-ACTUATION;

TENDONS;

EID: 84900389787     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364913519148     Document Type: Article

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