Real time robotic tactile sensor system for the determination of the physical properties of biomaterials

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 112, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 278-285

  Omata, Sadao ^a   Murayama, Yoshinobu ^a   Constantinou, Christos E ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Robot hand; Surgery robotics; Tactile sensor; Tele medical care; Virtual system

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FEEDBACK; FREQUENCIES; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PHASE SHIFT; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; RESONANCE; ROBOTICS; TISSUE;

ROBOT HANDS; SURGERY ROBOTICS; TACTILE SENSORS; TELE-MEDICAL CARE; VIRTUAL SYSTEMS;

SENSORS;

EID: 2342595827     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.01.038     Document Type: Article

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