Human vs. robotic tactile sensing: Detecting lumps in soft tissue

2010 IEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 21-28

  Gwilliam, James C ^a   Pezzementi, Zachary ^b   Jantho, Erica ^a   Okamura, Allison M ^b   Hsiao, Steven ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H.1.2 models and principles : user machine systems human information processing; H.5.2 information interfaces and presentation : user interfaces haptic I O; I.5.2 pattern recognition : design methodology classifier design and evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TISSUES; CLASSIFIER DESIGN AND EVALUATION; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DIRECT CONTACT; H.1.2 [MODELS AND PRINCIPLES]: USER/MACHINE SYSTEMS - HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING; HUMAN FINGERS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; LUMP DETECTION; LUMP SIZE; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY; SOFT TISSUE; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TACTILE SENSING; TACTILE SENSORS; TISSUE STIFFNESS;

BIONICS; CLASSIFIERS; DATA PROCESSING; DESIGN; HAPTIC INTERFACES; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE;

SENSORS;

EID: 77952726022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HAPTIC.2010.5444685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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