Micromanipulation accuracy in pointing and tracing investigated with a contact-free measurement system

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3960-3963

  Su, Eileen Lee Ming ^a,b   Win, Tun Latt ^c   Ang, Wei Tech ^c   Lim, Thiam Chye ^d   Teo, Chee Leong ^e   Burdet, Etienne ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CONTACT-FREE MEASUREMENTS; GRIP FORCE; MICRO MANIPULATION;

MICROMANIPULATORS;

EID: 77950984514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333665     Document Type: Conference Paper

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