Tactile sensor array using prismatic-tip optical fibers for dexterous robotic hands

IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 910-915

  Ataollahi, Asghar ^a   Polygerinos, Panagiotis ^a   Puangmali, Pinyo ^a   Seneviratne, Lakmal D ^a,b   Althoefer, Kaspar ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FORCES; ELASTIC ELEMENT; FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; FORCE LOAD; LIGHT INTENSITY MODULATION; LIGHT SIGNAL; ROBOTIC HANDS; SENSING SCHEMES; TACTILE SENSING; TACTILE SENSOR ARRAY;

FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; ROBOTICS; SENSOR ARRAYS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 78651481130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2010.5649109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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