Grasping posture of humanoid manipulator based on target shape analysis and force closure
AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2022 With the diversity of manipulator grasping methods and the complexity of the unstructured environment, the grasping planning of the target object is very complicated.
Du Jiang, Gongfa Li, Guozhang Jiang
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Binocular Viewing Facilitates Size Constancy for Grasping and Manual Estimation
Vision, 2022 A prerequisite for efficient prehension is the ability to estimate an object’s distance and size. While most studies demonstrate that binocular viewing is associated with a more efficient grasp programming and execution compared to monocular viewing, the
Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo +2 more
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STIMGRASP: A Home-Based Functional Electrical Stimulator for Grasp Restoration in Daily Activities
Sensors, 2022 Thousands of people currently suffer from motor limitations caused by SCI and strokes, which impose personal and social challenges. These individuals may have a satisfactory recovery by applying functional electrical stimulation that enables the ...
Renato G. Barelli +2 more
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A Novel Gripper with Integrated Rotary Unit and Force Control for Pick and Place Applications
Robotics, 2022 Modern electrical grippers have lower life-cycle costs compared to pneumatic ones. Furthermore, they provide force control, making it possible to grasp objects with different fragility using a single device.
Alexey M. Romanov +2 more
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Estimation of the Abduction/Adduction Movement of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint of the Thumb
Applied Sciences, 2021 Thumb opposition is essential for grasping, and involves the flexion and abduction of the carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints of the thumb. The high number of degrees of freedom of the thumb in a fairly small space makes the in vivo recording ...
Néstor J. Jarque-Bou +2 more
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Employing Pneumatic, Telescopic Actuators for the Development of Soft and Hybrid Robotic Grippers
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 Traditionally, the robotic end-effectors that are employed in unstructured and dynamic environments are rigid and their operation requires sophisticated sensing elements and complicated control algorithms in order to handle and manipulate delicate and ...
Lucas Gerez +2 more
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Designing Prosthetic Hands With Embodied Intelligence: The KIT Prosthetic Hands
Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2022 Hand prostheses should provide functional replacements of lost hands. Yet current prosthetic hands often are not intuitive to control and easy to use by amputees.
Pascal Weiner +4 more
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Manipulation of Unknown Objects to Improve the Grasp Quality Using Tactile Information
Sensors, 2018 This work presents a novel and simple approach in the area of manipulation of unknown objects considering both geometric and mechanical constraints of the robotic hand.
Andrés Montaño, Raúl Suárez
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A 3D Printed Modular Soft Gripper Integrated With Metamaterials for Conformal Grasping
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 A single universal robotic gripper with the capacity to fulfill a wide variety of gripping and grasping tasks has always been desirable. A three-dimensional (3D) printed modular soft gripper with highly conformal soft fingers that are composed of ...
Charbel Tawk +5 more
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Suitability of the Openly Accessible 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands for War-Wounded Children
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 The field of rehabilitation and assistive devices is being disrupted by innovations in desktop 3D printers and open-source designs. For upper limb prosthetics, those technologies have demonstrated a strong potential to aid those with missing hands ...
John-John Cabibihan +6 more
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