SACST: Smart anthropomorphic contact surface technology

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  Kao, Imin ^a   Chen, Shih Feng ^b   Li, Yanmei ^a   Wang, Geng ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Contact interface; Intelligent surface; MEMS; Robotics and human augmented systems; SACST; Soft contact

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTIC ARMS; SENSORS;

BIOENGINEERING CONTACT INTERFACE; CONTACT MODELING; HUMAN AUGMENTED SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SURFACE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SMART ANTHROPOMORPHIC CONTACT SURFACE TECHNOLOGY;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0037694092     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2003.1191710     Document Type: Article

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