1 ms Soft Areal Tactile Giving Robots Soft Response

Toshiharu Mukai; Yo Kato

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JRM Vol.20 No.3 pp. 473-480

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2008.p0473

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1 ms Soft Areal Tactile Giving Robots Soft Response

Toshiharu Mukai and Yo Kato

Bio-mimetic Control Research Center, the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), 2271-130 Anagahora, Shimoshidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463-0003, Japan

Received:

September 27, 2007

Accepted:

March 9, 2008

Published:

June 20, 2008

Keywords:

soft areal tactile sensor, high-speed sampling, human-interactive robot, RI-MAN, dsPIC

Abstract

Human-interactive robots such as those used for nursing should be covered with soft areal tactile sensors for safety and dexterous manipulation. We are developing a human-interactive robot named RI-MAN that is covered with soft areal tactile sensors. The sensors used so far had a sampling period of 15 ms, which is insufficient for smooth sensor feedback response. Here we report our new tactile sensors with 1 ms sampling and improved sensitivity, as well as its experimental results.

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T. Mukai and Y. Kato, “1 ms Soft Areal Tactile Giving Robots Soft Response,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.20 No.3, pp. 473-480, 2008.

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http://www.tekscan.com/medical/systems.html.

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