Photoplethysmograph fingernail sensors for measuring finger forces without haptic obstruction

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 698-708

  Mascaro, Stephen A ^a,b   Harry Asada, H ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic glove; Finger force; Fingernail; Fingertip; Haptic; Photo sensor; Photoplethysmograph; Plethysmograph; Touch force; Touch input; Touch sensor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC GLOVE; FINGER FORCE; FINGERNAIL; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPH FINGERNAIL SENSORS; TOUCH FORCE; TOUCH INPUT; TOUCH SENSOR;

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FORCE MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTODETECTORS; SAFETY DEVICES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0035485822     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.964669     Document Type: Article

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