Octopus-inspired grasp-synergies for continuum manipulators

2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2008

Volumn 2008-January, Issue , 2008, Pages 945-950

  McMahan, William ^a   Walker, Ian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired robots; Continuum manipulators; Tentacle; Trunk; User interface

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOMIMETICS; MANIPULATORS; MOLLUSCS; SHELLFISH;

DEGREE OF FREEDOM; GRASP SYNERGIES; INTERFACE DESIGNS; JOYSTICK INPUTS; OPERATOR INTERFACES;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

EID: 85114304063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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