Research paper
Force-sensing body covers for humanoid arms
A body-cover structure combines a force/torque sensor with touch sensors to estimate contact force vectors and positions. Institution-hosted text describes dual-arm humanoid implementation, measurement tests and physical interaction with people.
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- Original title
- Force detectable surface covers for humanoid robots
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Authors
- H. Iwata, H. Hoshino, T. Morita, S. Sugano
- DOI
- 10.1109/aim.2001.936882
- Conference date
- 2001
- Source language
- en
- Source country
- US
- Edition
- 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. Proceedings (Cat. No.01TH8556)
- Access
- Public bibliography and abstract
- Publication status
- Published
Source overview
A body-cover structure combines a force/torque sensor with touch sensors to estimate contact force vectors and positions. Institution-hosted text describes dual-arm humanoid implementation, measurement tests and physical interaction with people.
Use and review
Sensing accuracy is a component result. Fault coverage, detection latency, stopping behavior and safety integrity of a complete protective function were not established by this abstract review.
Sources & editions
Force detectable surface covers for humanoid robots ↗
IEEE · 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. Proceedings (Cat. No.01TH8556)
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