Measurement and influence of the skin moisture in dexterous manipulation

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5024 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 373-377

  André, Thibaut ^a   Lefèvre, Philippe ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

friction; precision grip; skin hydration

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; HYDRATION;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; DEXTEROUS MANIPULATION; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; GRIP FORCE; POINTING TASKS; PRECISION GRIPS; SKIN HYDRATION; SKIN MOISTURE;

MOISTURE;

EID: 54249154677     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69057-3_48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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