Human tactile perception as a standard for artificial tactile sensing—a review

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-35

  Dargahi, J ^a   Najarian, S ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

artificial skin; medical robotics; minimally invasive surgery; tactile sensing

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; ROBOTIC SURGERY;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; HUMAN HANDS; HUMAN SKIN; IMPORTANT FEATURES; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY; SENSE OF TOUCH; TACTILE PERCEPTION; TACTILE SENSING; TACTILE SENSORS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HAND; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SKIN; TOUCH;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAND; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33749654379     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.3     Document Type: Review

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