Wearable wireless tactile display for virtual interactions with soft bodies

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Frediani, Gabriele ^a   Mazzei, Daniele ^b   De Rossi, Danilo Emilio ^b   Carpi, Federico ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuator; Dielectric elastomer; Display; Electroactive polymer; Soft; Tactile; Virtual; Wearable

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); POLYMERS; STRESS RELAXATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; SOFT; TACTILE; VIRTUAL; WEARABLE;

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84929089953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00031     Document Type: Article

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