A tactile recognition system mimicking human mechanism for recognizing surface roughness

JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing

Volumn 48, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 278-285

  Ohka, Masahiro ^a   Kawamura, Takuya ^b   Itahashi, Tastuya ^c   Takayanagi, Jyun Ichi ^d   Miyaoka, Tetsu ^e   Mitsuya, Yasunaga ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nippon Sharyo Ltd   (Japan)

^d TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Measurement; Neural network; Psychophysics; Robotics and mechatronics; Step height recognition; Tactile sensor

Indexed keywords

MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; TEXTURES;

ALUMINUM PLATES; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 23244463735     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.48.278     Document Type: Article

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