An actuator for the tactile vest - A torso-based haptic device

Proceedings - 11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, HAPTICS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 333-339

  Nakamura, M ^a   Jones, L ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Capacitive sensors; Feedback; Haptic interfaces; Robustness; Shape memory alloys; Skin; Stress; Temperature; Torso

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; ELASTICITY; FEEDBACK; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); REMOTE CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SKIN; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TEMPERATURE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DYNAMIC WORKSPACE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HAPTIC DEVICES; HAPTIC FEEDBACKS; PEAK PRESSURE; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS(SMA); TORSO; WEARABLE DEVICES;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 2942693401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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