Representation of softness sensation using vibrotactile stimuli under amplitude control

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1380-1385

  Porquis, Lope Ben ^a   Konyo, Masashi ^a   Tadokoro, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE CONTROL; AMPLITUDE DISPLACEMENTS; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; CONSTANT FREQUENCY; CONTACT AREAS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; SILICONE RUBBER; SPRING CONSTANTS; VIBROTACTILE; VIBROTACTILE DEVICE; VOICE COIL;

SILICONES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84871676035     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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