Unlike robots, people modulate internal forces during object manipulation

Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Mark L. Latash, Fan Gao

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Abstract

Internal force is a set of contact forces that does not disturb object equilibrium. The mathematical independence of the internal and manipulation forces allows for their independent (decoupled) control realized in robotic manipulators. As this study shows, the central nervous system uses another strategy: the internal forces change with the manipulation forces. During the parallel manipulations, the internal (grip) force increases or decreases in phase with the manipulation force. During the orthogonal manipulations, the internal changed out of phase with the manipulation force; the plots of the internal force vs. object acceleration resembled an inverted V letter.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2801-2803
Number of pages3
JournalWSEAS Transactions on Systems
Volume5
Issue number12
StatePublished - Dec 2006

Keywords

  • Fingers
  • Grasping
  • Internal force
  • Manipulation force
  • Prehension synergy
  • Robots

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications

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