A monolithic approach to fabricating low-cost, millimeter-scale multi-axis force sensors for minimally-invasive surgery

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1419-1425

  Gafford, Joshua B ^a   Kesner, Samuel B ^b   Degirmenci, Alperen ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a   Howe, Robert D ^a   Walsh, Conor J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COSTS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; CONTROL APPLICATIONS; MASTER-SLAVE PLATFORMS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL; SIGNAL CONDITIONING CIRCUITRY; THREE-AXIS FORCE SENSORS;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84929208963     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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