Tactile rendering with shape-memory-alloy pin-matrix

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1051-1057

  Velazquez, Ramiro ^a   Pissaloux, Edwige E ^b   Hafez, Moustapja ^c   Szewczyk, Jérǒme ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Shape memory alloys (SMAs); Tactile display; Tactile pin; Tactile rendering

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

PIN-MATRIX; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TACTILE-DISPLAY DEVICE;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 42549121989     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.913768     Document Type: Article

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