Torque control of underactuated tendon-driven fingers

Given an underactuated tendon-driven finger, the finger posture is underdetermined and can move freely ("flop") in a region of slack tendons. This work shows that such an underactuated finger can be operated in tendon force control (rather than position control) with effective performance....

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Main Authors: M. E. Abdallah, C. W. Wampler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-02-01
Series:Mechanical Sciences
Online Access:http://www.mech-sci.net/2/83/2011/ms-2-83-2011.pdf