A Biomimetic Haptic Sensor

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-343

  Pearson, Martin J ^a   Gilhespy, Ian ^a   Melhuish, Chris ^a   Mitchinson, Ben ^a   Nibouche, Mokhtar ^a   Pipe, Anthony G ^a   Prescott, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial mystacial vibrissae; Biologically plausible; Real time FPGA neural modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MYSTACIAL VIBRISSAE; BIOLOGICALLY PLAUSIBLE; REAL-TIME FPGA NEURAL MODELLING;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; HAPTIC INTERFACES; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 31144441420     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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