The design of a novel flexible tactile sensor based on pressure-conductive rubber

Sensors and Transducers

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Xu, Fei ^a,b   Ge, Yunjian ^a   Yu, Yong ^a   Ding, Junxiang ^a,b   Ju, Tao ^a,b   Li, Shanhong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Conductive rubber; Flexibility; Pressure sensitive property; Tactile sensor

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE RUBBER; FLEXIBILITY; PIEZORESISTIVITY; PRESSURE-SENSITIVE PROPERTIES; SCANNING METHODS; SIMULATION RESULT; TACTILE INFORMATION; TACTILE SENSORS;

RUBBER;

SENSORS;

EID: 79551668911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17265479     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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