The sampling position within, not the undulating geometry of, fingertip skin microstructure may amplify the sensation of edges

14th Symposium onHaptics Interfaces for Virtual Environment andTeleoperator Systems 2006 - Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 141-145

  Gerling, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingertip; Finite element model; Mechanoreceptor; SA I; Sensation; Skin microstructure; Tactile

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FINGERTIP; MECHANORECEPTORS; SENSATION; SKIN MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLID MECHANICS;

SAMPLED DATA CONTROL SYSTEMS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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