The design of a flexible digit towards wireless tactile sense feedback

Author

Peter, Ildiko ; Holding, David J. ; Blow, Keith J. ; Tam, Betty ; Ma, Xianghong ; Brett, Peter N.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

6-9 Dec. 2004

Firstpage

468

Abstract

This paper describes research on the embedded signal processing function for a flexible digit with the feedback of tactile sense, such as is appropriate to endoscopy and other minimal access surgery. The paper describes the nature of the flexible digit and its associated sensor arrays and concentrates on the nature of the signal processing function and the problem of embedding it an application specific digital system. The paper also focuses on the need for wireless or ´tetherless´ sensing in such systems.

Keywords

array signal processing; control system synthesis; feedback; flexible manipulators; medical robotics; surgery; tactile sensors; application specific digital system; embedded signal processing function; flexible digit; sensor arrays; tetherless sensing; wireless tactile sense feedback; Array signal processing; Digital signal processing; Digital systems; Endoscopes; Feedback; Sensor arrays; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems and applications; Surgery; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision Conference, 2004. ICARCV 2004 8th

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8653-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICARCV.2004.1468870

Filename

1468870