A novel tactile sensor torch system for robot manipulator and active object edge tracking

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2617-2622

  Suwanratchatamanee, Kitti ^a   Matsumoto, Mitsuharu ^a   Hashimoto, Shuji ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MODULAR ROBOTS; OPTICAL SENSORS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WELDING;

3-D OBJECTS; ACTIVE OBJECTS; ACTIVE SENSING; FORCE SENSITIVE RESISTORS; HAND POSE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS; OBJECT EDGES; OBJECT SHAPES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; ROBOT HANDS; ROBOT MANIPULATORS; TACTILE SENSING; TACTILE SENSORS; THIN SHEETS; TORCH SYSTEMS; WELDING TORCHES;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 63149163413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2008.4758370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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