The conformance test for robotic/prosthetic fingertip skins

Proceedings of the First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006, BioRob 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 561-566

  Cabibihan, John John ^a   Pattofatto, Stéphane ^a   Jomâa, Moez ^a   Benallal, Ahmed ^a   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^b   Dario, Paolo ^b  

^a Grande Voie des Vignes   (France)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial skins; Biomaterials; Biomimetics; Biorobotics; Prosthetic hands

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYURETHANES; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SKIN;

ARTIFICIAL SKINS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOROBOTICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33845579275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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