Control Theory of Multi-fingered Hands A Modelling and Analytical-Mechanics Approach for Dexterity and Intelligence /

• Main Author: Arimoto, Suguru (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Automation.; Robotics and Automation.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

The hand is an agency of the brain; it reflects activities of the brain and thereby can be seen as a mirror to the mind. The dexterity of the hand has been investigated widely in developmental psychology and in anthropology. Since robotics launched in the mid-1970s, numerous multi-fingered hands mim...

Table of Contents:

• Characterisations of Human Hands
• Stability of Grasping in a Static or Dynamic Sense
• Testbed Problems to Control a 2-D Object Through Rolling Contact
• Two-dimensional Grasping by a Pair of Rigid Fingers
• Three-dimensional Grasping by a Pair of Rigid Fingers
• Dexterity and Control for Stable Grasping by Soft Fingers.