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.