@ARTICLE{6140578, author={G. Palli and C. Natale and C. May and C. Melchiorri and T. Wurtz}, journal={IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics}, title={Modeling and Control of the Twisted String Actuation System}, year={2013}, volume={18}, number={2}, pages={664-673}, keywords={actuators;DC motors;dexterous manipulators;force control;twisted string actuation system;innovative actuation concept;tendon-based driving system;DC motor;direct current motor;robotic device;constitutive equation;actuation force control;robotic hand;force profile;second-order sliding manifold;control algorithm;DC motors;Force;Load modeling;Robot sensing systems;Actuators;Mathematical model;Actuation;robotic hands;tendons;transmission system}, doi={10.1109/TMECH.2011.2181855}, ISSN={1083-4435}, month={April},}