Workshop On Dextrous Robot Hands Ieee International Conference On Robotics And Automation Held In Philadelphia Pa April 25 29 1988

Contents: Session I: Human hand studies- 1) Intelligent exploration by the human hand, 2) Opposition space & human prehension, 3) Proficient prosthetic prehension; Session II: Hand control architectures- 1 A task oriented arch for dexterous manipulation, 2 Control architecture for the Belgrade II hand, 3 Computational architectures for robot hands; Session III: Robotic hands & their usage; 1 Dexterous robot hands: Several important issues, 2 Tactile sensing for dexterous manipulation, 3 What kinds of sensors are required for fingers?, 4 Analysis of grasping and manipulation, 5 Control & tactile sensing for the Utah hand. (kr).