Soft-neuromorphic artificial touch for applications in neuro-robotics

Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1913-1918

  Spigler, Giacomo ^a   Oddo, Calogero M ^a   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NEURAL MODELS; NEURAL REPRESENTATIONS; NEUROROBOTICS; RAW SENSOR; RESEARCH STUDIES; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEMS; TACTILE INFORMATION; TOUCH SENSORS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84867431277     PISSN: 21551774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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