A "somatic alphabet" approach to "sensitive skin"

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 2865-2870

  Dan Stiehl, Walter ^a   Lalla, Levi ^a   Breazeal, Cynthia ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

"sensitive skin"; "somatic alphabet"; Force sensing resistor; Tactile sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SKIN;

FORCE SENSING RESISTORS; SENSITIVE SKIN; SOMATIC ALPHABET; TACTILE SENSING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 3042583484     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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