Contactless deflection sensor for soft robots

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1913-1918

  Dobrzynski, Michal Karol ^a   Pericet Camara, Ramon ^a   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR INTENSITY; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; BODY SHAPES; CONTACT LESS; DEFLECTION ANGLE MEASUREMENT; DEFLECTION ANGLES; DEFLECTION POINTS; DEFLECTION SENSORS; EMITTED LIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRAME RATE; LED LIGHTS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MECHANICAL PARTS; MONITORING SYSTEM; NON-INVASIVE; PHYSICAL CONTACTS; SOFT ROBOT;

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTODIODES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 84455179709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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