Grasp quality measures: review and performance

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-88

  Roa, Máximo A ^a   Suárez, Raúl ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grasp quality; Grasping; Manipulation; Robotic hands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; END EFFECTORS;

DEXTEROUS MANIPULATION; GLOBAL QUALITY; GRASP QUALITIES; GRASP QUALITY MEASURE; GRASPING; HAND CONFIGURATION; MANIPULATION; QUALITY MEASURES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84921069041     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: 15737527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-014-9402-3     Document Type: Article

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