Flexible tactile sensor array for foot pressure mapping system in a biped robot

Smart Structures and Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 535-547

  Chuang, Cheng Hsin ^a   Liou, Yi Rong ^a   Shieh, Ming Yuan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biped robot; Foot pressure; Piezoelectric; Tactile sensor

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SILICON RUBBER;

BIPED ROBOT; FLEXIBLE TACTILE SENSORS; FOOT PRESSURES; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC FILM; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; TACTILE SENSOR ARRAY; TACTILE SENSORS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84863890951     PISSN: 17381584     EISSN: 17381991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2012.9.6.535     Document Type: Article

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