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Soft Fingers with Controllable Compliance to Enable Realization of Low Cost Grippers

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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (Living Machines 2017)

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Grippers are needed to manipulate objects using robotic arms.

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  1. Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA

    Keng-Yu Lin & Satyandra K. Gupta

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  1. University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

    Michael Mangan

  2. Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

    Mark Cutkosky

  3. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Anna Mura

  4. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Paul F.M.J. Verschure

  5. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Tony Prescott

  6. Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Nathan Lepora

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Lin, KY., Gupta, S.K. (2017). Soft Fingers with Controllable Compliance to Enable Realization of Low Cost Grippers. In: Mangan, M., Cutkosky, M., Mura, A., Verschure, P., Prescott, T., Lepora, N. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10384. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_48

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