A new gripper that acts as an active and passive joint to facilitate prehensile grasping and locomotion
Nagamanikandan Govindan,Shashank Ramesh,Asokan Thondiyath,Nagamanikandan Govindan,Shashank Ramesh,Asokan Thondiyath
Among primates, the prehensile nature of the hand is vital for greater adaptability and a secure grip over the substrate/branches, particularly for arm-swinging motion or brachiation. Though various brachiation mechanisms that are mechanically equivalent to underactuated pendulum models are reported in the literature, not much attention has been given to the hand design that facilitates both locom...
