Opportunities of hydrostatically coupled dielectric elastomer actuators for haptic interfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7976, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Carpi, Federico ^a,b   Frediani, Gabriele ^a   De Rossi, Danilo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Technology and Life Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuator; Braille; Dielectric elastomer; Display; Fluid; Haptic; Rehabilitation; Tactile

Indexed keywords

BRAILLE; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER; DISPLAY; HAPTIC; REHABILITATION; TACTILE;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); PLASTICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 79955913089     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.880042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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