Modeling and design of an electro-rheological fluid based haptic system for tele-operation of space robots

Robotics 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 174-180

  Mavroidis, C ^a   Pfeiffer, C ^a   Lennon, J ^a   Paljic, A ^a   Celestino, J ^a   Bar Cohen, Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro rheological fluids; Haptic interfaces; Space robotics; Telepresence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; REMOTE CONTROL; RHEOLOGY; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS; VISCOSITY;

ELECTRO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER; HUMAN SURROGATE; SPACE ROBOT; SPACE ROBOTICS;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 0034587345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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