The uncanny valley and the search for human skin-like materials for a prosthetic fingertip

Proceedings of the 2006 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, HUMANOIDS

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 474-477

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

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Grande Voie des Vignes   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial skins; Biorobotics; Prosthetic hands; Uncanny valley; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; LANDFORMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS; BIO-ROBOTICS; DESIGN THEORY; PROSTHETIC HANDS; RECENT TRENDS; SOFT TISSUE; UNCANNY VALLEY;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 48149111530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICHR.2006.321315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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