This book addresses the complex issues of gripping systems with brief references to the natural ones and with detailed presentation of specific issues that characterize the artificial gripping systems, considered mechatronic systems. After some general definitions of grasp and the gripping system, the main structural and functional aspects of the human hand are revealed, as the most advanced gripping system. Artificial gripping systems include gripping systems manufactured by humans for human hand prostheses or for robots. After a sufficiently detailed mathematical modeling of mechanical contacts, static and dynamic mechanical conditions for grasp are stated. Furthermore, the main features of artificial gripping mechanical systems are highlighted, with emphasis on the kinematic an ... Gripping Systems - Ionel Staretu Libris [ continua sa citesti.. ]