Fibre Bragg grating sensors for distributive tactile sensing

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 138-146

  Cowie, Barbara M ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Tam, Betty ^a   Slack, Paul ^a   Brett, Peter N ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg grating; Neural network; Optical sensor; Tactile

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HAPTIC INTERFACES; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; STRIP METAL; SUBSTRATES;

CONTACTING LOADS; DISPLACEMENT SENSORS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HAPTIC INTERFACES; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; STRIP METAL; SUBSTRATES;

EID: 33947683886     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/1/017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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