Appropriate Lengths between Phalanges of Multijointed Fingers for Stable Grasping.
Abstract
An appropriate arrangement of finger joints is very important since the stability of grasping an object greatly depends on that arrangement. Multijointed fingers can grasp an object with many points of contact each of which is pressed against the object as if wrapping up that object. The amount of the wrapped up area and the form of the finger when an object is grasped are therefore important factors for determining the stability of grasping. The authors propose the wrapping factor to be used for the evaluation of the stability of grasping by using these factors. They consider twenty eight models for the finger having three joints, and perform a simulation of their ability to grasp various shapes stably. Based on the simulation results, an appropriate arrangement of lengths between phalanges for a multijointed finger is presented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 22, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA133448
Entities
People
- Takeo Kanade
- Tokuji Okada
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University