Electrical impedance tomography for artificial sensitive robotic skin: A review

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2001-2016

  Silvera Tawil, David ^a   Rye, David ^b   Soleimani, Manuchehr ^c   Velonaki, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electrical impedance tomography; human robot interaction; robot sensing systems; Robot skin; tactile sensors

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL IMPE DANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; ROBOT SENSING SYSTEM; ROBOT SKIN; TACTILE SENSORS;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 84922331374     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2375346     Document Type: Article

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