Flexible Tactile Sensor Skin Using Wireless Sensor Elements Coupled with 2D Microwaves

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 784-789

  Shinoda, Hiroyuki ^a   Chigusa, Hiromasa ^b   Makino, Yasutoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Future Architect Inc ^*  (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2D microwaves; flexible robot skin; haptics; tactile sensor; wireless sensor chip

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; MICROWAVE SENSORS;

2D MICROWAVE; FLEXIBLE ROBOT SKIN; FLEXIBLE ROBOTS; HAPTICS; ROBOT SKIN; SENSOR CHIPS; SENSOR ELEMENTS; TACTILE SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR; WIRELESS SENSOR CHIP;

TACTILE SENSORS;

EID: 84865042047     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2010.p0784     Document Type: Article

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