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ICRA
2006
IEEE
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14 years 8 days ago
A Kinematic Thumb Model for the ACT Hand
- The thumb is essential to the hand’s function in grasping and manipulating objects. Previous anthropomorphic robot hands have thumbs that are biologically-inspired but kinemati...
Lillian Y. Chang, Yoky Matsuoka
IROS
2009
IEEE
165views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
14 years 26 days ago
3D limit cycle walking of musculoskeletal humanoid robot with flat feet
— Most of traditional biped walkers based on passive dynamic walking have arc feet and locked ankle joints. In this paper, we propose the method to substitute the arc feet with ï...
Kenichi Narioka, Shinpei Tsugawa, Koh Hosoda
ICRA
2005
IEEE
102views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
13 years 12 months ago
Hand Force Estimation using Electromyography Signals
— In many studies and applications that include direct human involvement such as human-robot interaction, control of prosthetic arms, and human factor studies, hand force is need...
Farid Mobasser, Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad
ICRA
2008
IEEE
166views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
14 years 20 days ago
Anatomy-based organization of modular robots
Abstract— This paper presents a novel biologicallyinspired hierarchical approach to organizing and controlling modular robots. The purpose of our approach is to decompose the com...
David Johan Christensen, Jason Campbell
CGF
1998
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13 years 6 months ago
Interactive Construction and Animation of Layered Elastically Deformable Characters
An interactive system is described for creating and animating deformable 3D characters. By using a hybrid layered model of kinematic and physics-based components together with an ...
Russell Turner, Enrico Gobbetti