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Title: A haptic system for a multifingered hand

Conference · · Proceedings. 1991 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

A series of haptic exploratory procedures (EPs) implemented for a multifingered, articulated, sensory robot hand is discussed. These EPs are designed to extract specific tactile and kinesthetic information from an object via their purposive invocation by an intelligent robotic system. Taken together, they form an active robotic touch perception system. This system utilizes a PUMA 560 robot arm, a JPL/Stanford robot hand with joint torque sensing in the fingers, a wrist force/torque sensor, and a 256-element spatially resolved fingertip tactile array. The EPs are described, and experimental results are given.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
6234031
Report Number(s):
SAND-90-2001C; CONF-910451-1; ON: DE90017044
Journal Information:
Proceedings. 1991 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Conference: IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, Sacramento, CA (United States), 7-12 Apr 1991; Related Information: Chapter in the book titled "Proceedings. 1991 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation"
Publisher:
IEEE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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