Voice coil actuators for human-robot interaction - An exploration of the use of electromagnetic voice coils as compliant, forcecontrolled actuators in direct-drive robots for visual and tactile interaction with humans

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 852-858

  McBean, John ^a   Breazeal, Cynthia ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Compliance; HRI; Human robot interaction; Tactile; Voice coil

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION (HRI); TACTILE; VOICE COILS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTROMAGNETISM; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MICROACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ROBOTS;

EID: 14044262977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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