Title :
Developments in dextrous hands for advanced robotic applications
fDate :
June 28 2004-July 1 2004
Abstract :
The Shadow Robot Company has spent the last 3 years developing a modular general-purpose humanoid dexterous manipulator for robotics. It incorporates best practices in actuation, modular electronics design, and UNIX-compatible interfacing software. This paper describes the development of this hand, and illuminates some of the design choices made
Keywords :
control engineering computing; dexterous manipulators; humanoid robots; product development; Shadow Robot Company; UNIX-compatible interfacing software; dexterous hands; humanoid dexterous manipulator; modular electronics design; robotics; Application software; Best practices; Bones; Consumer electronics; Humans; Manipulators; Medical robotics; Muscles; Open loop systems; Robots;
Conference_Titel :
Automation Congress, 2004. Proceedings. World
Conference_Location :
Seville
Print_ISBN :
1-889335-21-5