Force feedback exploiting tactile and proximal force/torque sensing: Theory and implementation on the humanoid robot iCub

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-398

  Fumagalli, Matteo ^a,b   Ivaldi, Serena ^a,c   Randazzo, Marco ^a   Natale, Lorenzo ^a   Metta, Giorgio ^a,d   Sandini, Giulio ^a,d   Nori, Francesco ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active force control; Multi body dynamics; Proximal sensing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FORCE CONTROL; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CONTACT LOCATION; DISTRIBUTED TACTILE SENSOR; EVOLVING GRAPHS; FORCE FEEDBACK; FORCE/TORQUE SENSOR; HUMANOID ROBOT; INERTIAL SENSOR; KINEMATIC CHAIN; MULTI-BODY DYNAMIC; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; PRIMARY SOURCES; PROXIMAL SENSING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL RESULT; WHOLE-BODY;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; KINEMATICS; SENSORS; TOOLS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

EID: 84868376146     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-012-9291-2     Document Type: Article

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