• DocumentCode
    414149
  • Title

    Rotational contact model of soft fingertip for tactile sensing

  • Author

    Inoue, Takahiro ; Hirai, Shinichi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Robotics, Ritsumeikan Univ., Shiga, Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    26 April-1 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    2957
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes a new contact model of a soft fingertip attached on a rotational finger of one degree-of-freedom. We analyze the deformation of the soft fingertip statically, and introduce a virtual spring as an infinitesimal component of the soft fingertip. We correlate the derived force equation with a pressure distribution acting on a sensing plane. Finally we compare simulation results and experimental results to demonstrate our theoretical pressure model.
  • Keywords
    tactile sensors; pressure distribution; rotational contact model; soft fingertip; tactile sensing; Capacitive sensors; Deformable models; Electronic mail; Equations; Fingers; Force sensors; Humans; Robot sensing systems; Springs; Tactile sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8232-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1307510
  • Filename
    1307510