Development of string type flexible displacement sensor to measure the movement of robot and human body

15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, M2VIP'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 29-34

  Dohta, Shujiro ^a   Akagi, Tetsuya ^a   Kuno, Hiroaki ^a   Hamamoto, Iku ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SMC Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; MECHATRONICS; NURSING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SKIN; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BENDING ANGLES; BENDING DIRECTIONS; BENDING SENSORS; COIL SPRINGS; DISPLACEMENT SENSORS; FLEXIBLE ACTUATORS; FLEXIBLE JOINTS; HUMAN BODIES; MCKIBBEN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; MEDICAL TREATMENTS; NURSING CARES; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PLASTIC COVERS; WEARABLE DEVICES;

SENSORS;

EID: 61949383454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMVIP.2008.4749502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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