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PhD Thesis Defense
Direct-drive Hands: Making Robot Hands Transparent and Reactive to Contacts
GHC 6501Abstract: Industrial manipulators and end-effectors are a vital driver of the automation revolution. These robot hands, designed to reject disturbances with stiffness and strength, are inferior to their human counterparts. Human hands are dexterous and nimble effectors capable of a variety of interactions with the environment. Through this thesis we wish to answer a question: [...]