Publication Type |
technical report |
School or College |
College of Engineering |
Department |
Kahlert School of Computing |
Creator |
Henderson, Thomas C. |
Other Author |
Grupen, Roderic A. |
Title |
A survey of dextrous manipulation |
Date |
1986 |
Description |
The development of mechanical end effectors capable of dextrous manipulation is a rapidly growing and quite successful field of research. It has in some sense put the focus on control issues, in particular, how to control these remarkably humanlike manipulators to perform the deft movement that we take for granted in the human hand. The kinematic and control issues surrounding manipulation research are clouded by more basic concerns such as: what is the goal of a manipulation system, is the anthropomorphic or functional design methodology appropriate, and to what degree does the control of the manipulator depend on other sensory systems. This paper examines the potential of creating a general purpose, anthropomorphically motivated, dextrous manipulation system. The discussion will focus on features of the human hand that permit its general usefulness as a manipulator. A survey of machinery designed to emulate these capabilities is presented. Finally, the tasks of grasping and manipulation are examined from the control standpoint to suggest a control paradigm which is descriptive, yet flexible and computationally efficient1. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
University of Utah |
Subject |
Dextrous manipulation |
Subject LCSH |
Manipulators (Mechanism) |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Grupen, R. A., & Henderson, T. C. (1986). A survey of dextrous manipulation. 1-40. UUCS-86-007. |
Series |
University of Utah Computer Science Technical Report |
Relation is Part of |
ARPANET |
Rights Management |
©University of Utah |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
18,418,452 bytes |
Identifier |
ir-main,16044 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s61z4nwh |
Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
705675 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61z4nwh |