Improvement of Vibration Sensitivity by Tangential Vibration

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 554-562

  Jeong, Hie Yong ^a   Higashimori, Mitsuru ^a   Kaneko, Makoto ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

haptic device; tangential vibration; transmission of vibration; vibration sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CONDITION; HAPTIC DEVICES; P-VALUES; SETTING CONDITION; SKIN SURFACES; TANGENTIAL DIRECTIONS; TANGENTIAL VIBRATION; TRANSMISSION OF VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSITIVITY;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 80053935281     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2009.p0554     Document Type: Article

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