Dual-Mode Capacitive Proximity Sensor for Robot Application: Implementation of Tactile and Proximity Sensing Capability on a Single Polymer Platform Using Shared Electrodes

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1748-1755

  Lee, Hyung Kew ^a   Chang, Sun Il ^a   Yoon, Euisik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensor; flexible polymer; proximity sensor; tactile sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008035242     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2030660     Document Type: Article

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