Mechanical impedance of the hand holding a spherical tool at threshold and suprathreshold stimulation levels

Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 56-60

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

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTURE RECOGNITION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

SKIN CHARACTERISTICS; THRESHOLD CURVE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

EID: 34548125381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WHC.2007.81     Document Type: Conference Paper

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