The smooth curvature flexure model: An accurate, low-dimensional approach for robot analysis

Robotics: Science and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 137-144

  Odhner, Lael U ^a   Dollar, Aaron M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84959489966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2330765X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.15607/rss.2010.vi.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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