— In this paper we outline a grasp planning system designed to augment the cortical control of a prosthetic arm and hand. A key aspect of this task is the presence of on-line use...
Matei T. Ciocarlie, Samuel T. Clanton, M. Chance S...
Solid Freeform Fabrication and Shape Deposition are rapid manufacturing processes which build parts by incremental material deposition and fusion of cross-sectional layers. In thi...
K. Hartmann, R. Krishnan, R. Merz, G. Neplotnik, F...
Disabled people assistance is developing thanks to progress of new technologies. A manipulator arm mounted on a mobile robot can assist the disabled person for the partial restora...
— Grasping is a central issue of various robot applications, especially when unknown objects have to be manipulated by the system. In earlier work, we have shown the efficiency ...
The paper compares various approaches to implementing a compliant Cartesian behavior for robotic manipulators: impedance, admittance and stiffness control. A new controller struc...