Evaluating populations of tactile sensors for curvature discrimination

2010 IEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 59-62

  Rivest, Isabelle I ^a   Gerling, Gregory J ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Finite element analysis; Leaky integrate and fire; Mechanoreceptor; Neural model; Neural prosthetics; Solid mechanics; Tactile; Touch

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTEGRATE AND FIRES; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL MODELS; NEURAL PROSTHETIC; SOLID MECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS; PROSTHETICS; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77952704511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HAPTIC.2010.5444679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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