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MS - Special Issue

Underactuated Grasping
Editor(s): L. Birglen, G. A. Kragten, and J. L. Herder


Guest Editorial "State-of-the-art in Underactuated Grasping"
L. Birglen, G. A. Kragten, and J. L. Herder
Mech. Sci., 1, 3-3, 2010
Full Article (PDF, 116 KB)


  22 Dec 2010
From flapping wings to underactuated fingers and beyond: a broad look to self-adaptive mechanisms
L. Birglen
Mech. Sci., 1, 5-12, 2010
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 901 KB)


  22 Dec 2010
A simple design rule for 1st order form-closure of underactuated hands
S. Krut and V. BĂ©goc
Mech. Sci., 2, 1-8, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 555 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
A proposal for benchmark tests for underactuated or compliant hands
G. A. Kragten, C. Meijneke, and J. L. Herder
Mech. Sci., 1, 13-18, 2010
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 489 KB)


  22 Dec 2010
Design and performance assessment of an underactuated hand for industrial applications
C. Meijneke, G. A. Kragten, and M. Wisse
Mech. Sci., 2, 9-15, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 926 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
A constrained optimization framework for compliant underactuated grasping
M. Ciocarlie and P. Allen
Mech. Sci., 2, 17-26, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 2459 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
Active gesture-changeable underactuated finger for humanoid robot hand based on multiple tendons
D. Che and W. Zhang
Mech. Sci., 1, 27-32, 2010
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 2355 KB)


  22 Dec 2010
The use of underactuation in prosthetic grasping
P. J. Kyberd, A. Clawson, and B. Jones
Mech. Sci., 2, 27-32, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 3586 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
Towards the design of a prosthetic underactuated hand
T. LalibertĂ©, M. Baril, F. Guay, and C. Gosselin
Mech. Sci., 1, 19-26, 2010
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 6024 KB)


  22 Dec 2010
Kinematic design of a finger abduction mechanism for an anthropomorphic robotic hand
L.-A. A. Demers and C. Gosselin
Mech. Sci., 2, 33-40, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 3333 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
The kinematic preshaping of triggered self-adaptive linkage-driven robotic fingers
L. Birglen
Mech. Sci., 2, 41-49, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 963 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
Continuum robots and underactuated grasping
N. Giri and I. Walker
Mech. Sci., 2, 51-58, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 2497 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
A handy new design paradigm
B. Bergelin, B. Slaboch, J. Sun, and P. A. Voglewede
Mech. Sci., 2, 59-64, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 3442 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
Static model for a 3-DOF underactuated finger
F. Guay and C. Gosselin
Mech. Sci., 2, 65-71, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 629 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
Quasi-static modelling of compliant mechanisms: application to a 2-DOF underactuated finger
C. Quennouelle and C. Gosselin
Mech. Sci., 2, 73-81, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 530 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
Torque control of underactuated tendon-driven fingers
M. E. Abdallah and C. W. Wampler
Mech. Sci., 2, 83-90, 2011
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 379 KB)


  08 Feb 2011
Grasp planning for a reconfigurable parallel robot with an underactuated arm structure
M. Riedel, M. Nefzi, and B. Corves
Mech. Sci., 1, 33-42, 2010
Abstract   Full Article (PDF, 2106 KB)


  22 Dec 2010