Design of micro-scale multi-axis force sensors for precision applications

Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, ASPE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cullinan, Michael A ^a   Panas, Robert M ^a   Culpepper, Martin L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION FORCES; BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SURFACES; CLOSED FORM MODELING; DESIGN PROCESS; PRECISION APPLICATIONS; SENSOR SYSTEMS; STRAIN SENSITIVITY; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES;

PRECISION ENGINEERING;

SENSORS;

EID: 84885224632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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