State of the art of robust capacitive sensors

ROSE 2003 - 1st IEEE International Workshop on Robotic Sensing 2003: Sensing and Perception in 21st Century Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 4-

  Brasseur, Georg ^a,b   Brandstätter, Bernhard ^a,b   Zangl, Hubert ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive and industrial application; Carrier frequency system; Ratiometric measurement; Reliable capacitive sensors

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

AUTOMOTIVE ENVIRONMENT; AUTOMOTIVE SENSORS; CARRIER FREQUENCY SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES; NON-CONTACT; RATIOMETRIC; STATE OF THE ART;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS;

EID: 84944259351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROSE.2003.1218702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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