Grasp Theory

1. On the Existence and Synthesis of Multifinger Positive Grips, Bud Mishra, Jack Schwartz and Micha Sharir, Special Issue: Robotics, Algorithmica, Springer-International, pp. 541--558, Volume 2, Number 4, 1987.

2. Some Discussion of Static Gripping and Its Stability, Bud Mishra and Naomi Silver, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, ( Special Section on Information Technology for Sensory-Based Robot Manipulators), pp. 783--796, Volume 19, Number 4, July/August, 1989.

Grasp Metrics

1. Quantitative Steinitz's Theorem with Applications to Multifingered Grasping, David Kirkpatrick, Bud Mishra and Chee Yap, Discrete & Computational Geometry, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 295--318,Volume 7, Number 3, 1992.

2. Grasp Metrics: Optimality and Complexity, Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, (Edited by K. Goldberg, D. Halperin, J.-C. Latombe and R. Wilson), pp. 137--166, A.K. Peters, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1995.

3. Three Finger Optimal Planar Grasp, Bud Mishra and Marek Teichmann, Proceedings of the 1994 International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems: IRS'94, Grenoble, (France), July 11--14, 1994.

4. The Power of Friction: Quantifying the ``Goodness'' of Frictional Grasps, Marek Teichmann and Bud Mishra, Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation: ICRA'96, (submitted) Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 22-28, 1996.

Fixturing

1. Workholding---Analysis and Planning, Proceedings: IEEE/RSJ International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems: IROS'91, pp. 53--57, Vol. 1, Osaka, Japan, November 3--5, 1991.

2. An Algorithmic Approach to Fixturing, 1994 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, M.I.T., Massachusetts, Cambridge, January 5--7, 1994.

Reactive Hands and Grippers

1. Reactive Algorithms for Grasping Using a Modified Parallel Jaw Gripper, Marek Teichmann and Bud Mishra, Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation: ICRA'94, San Diego, California, May 8--13, 1994.

2. Reactive Algorithms for 2 and 3 Finger Grasping, Marek Teichmann and Bud Mishra, Proceedings of the 1994 International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems: IRS'94, Grenoble, (France), July 11--14, 1994.