Abstract
The term “end effector” is a generic word for all the systems mounted at the end of the robot — that is, at the end of the link farthest from the robot base — whose task is to grip objects, or tools, and/or transfer them from place to place.
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Shoham, M. (1984). The End Effector. In: A Textbook of Robotics 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9885-5_6
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