Design and analysis of a novel pneumatic manipulator

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 687-692

  Jones, Bryan A ^a   McMahan, William ^a   Walker, Ian ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Kinematics; Robot manipulator; Robotics

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DESIGN; FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; KINEMATICS; MODULAR ROBOTS; PNEUMATICS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS;

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESIGN FEATURES; FLEXIBLE CYLINDERS; KINEMATIC MODEL; PNEUMATIC MANIPULATORS; PNEUMATIC PRESSURE; ROBOT MANIPULATOR;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 85050013576     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-6670(17)31183-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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