Robotic Fastening with a Manual Screwdriver

Ling Tang,Yan-Bin Jia,Ling Tang,Yan-Bin Jia

The robotic hand is still no match for the human hand on many skills. Manipulation of hand tools, which usually requires sophisticated finger movements and fine controls, not only poses a clear technical challenge but also carries a great potential for enabling the robot to assist humans in a wide range of tasks accomplishable using tools. This paper takes a first step to investigate how a robotic...