Detection threshold and mechanical impedance of the hand in a pen-hold posture

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 472-477

  Israr, Ali ^a   Choi, Seungmoon ^a,b   Tan, Hong Z ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Detection threshold; Force threshold; Mechanical impedance; Position threshold; Vibrotactile stimuli

Indexed keywords

POSITION MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DETECTION THRESHOLD; FORCE THRESHOLD; MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE; POSITION THRESHOLD; VIBROTACTILE STIMULI;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 34250677002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.282353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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