A device for mimicking the contact force/contact area relationship of different materials with applications to softness rendering

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 4484-4490

  Serio, Alessandro ^a,b   Bianchi, Matteo ^a,b   Biechi, Antonio ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT FORCES; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; HAPTIC INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL DESIGN; REAL OBJECTS; REAL TIME TRACKING; TWO-MOTOR;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 84893748773     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2013.6697001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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