Characterization of the electrical resistance of carbon-black-filled silicone: Application to a flexible and stretchable robot skin

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4842-4848

  Lacasse, Marc Antoine ^a   Duchaine, Vincent ^a   Gosselin, Clément ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; CONDUCTIVE FABRICS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; HUMAN -ROBOT INTERACTIONS; MULTIPLE CONTACTS; NEW DESIGN; PIEZORESISTIVITY; REAL TIME; ROBOT SKIN; SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; ROBOTICS; SENSOR ARRAYS; SILICONES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77955793679     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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