Design and development of intergrated thick-film sensors for prosthetic hands

Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 573-589

  Cotton, Darryl ^a   Cranny, Andy ^a   White, Neil ^a   Beeby, Steve ^a   Chappell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED THICK-FILM SENSORS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEMS; SENSOR POSITION;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POSITION CONTROL; THICK FILMS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 8844241627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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