A large-area tactile force sensor for measuring ground reaction forces from small legged robots

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 4753-4758

  Desai, Shivam S ^a   Eckert Erdheim, Asa M ^a   Hoover, Aaron M ^a  

^a FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNCING BALLS; FORCE SENSOR; FRUSTRATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; GROUND REACTION FORCES; LEGGED ROBOTS; MOTION CAPTURE; NORMAL FORCES; TACTILE FORCES;

BIOPHYSICS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN;

SENSORS;

EID: 84893764096     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2013.6697041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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