Design of Prosthetic Skins with Humanlike Softness

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 2023-2026

  Cabibihan, John John ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Artificial Skins; Finite Element Analysis; Prosthesis; Rehabilitation Robotics; Social Robotics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; INTERNAL GEOMETRY; PROSTHETIC HANDS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SKIN STRUCTURE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL ROBOTICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; ROBOTICS;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 84891943303     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92841-6_504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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