Haptic Devices for Studies on Human Grasp and Rehabilitation

This book presents a new set of devices for accurate investigation of human finger stiffness and force distribution in grasping tasks. The ambitious goal of this research is twofold, the first is to advance the state of the art on human strategies in manipulation tasks and provide tools to assess re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Altobelli, Alessandro
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Human Hand Motor Control Studies.-Part I:Devices for Human Grasp Studies
  • Sensorized Object Approach
  • Wearable Approach: Thimblesense, A Fingertip-Wearable Tactile Sensor for Grasp Analysis
  • Part II:Studies and Experiments on Three Digit Grasp 79
  • Electromyographic Mapping of Finger Stiffness in Tripod Grasp
  • Effect of Homogenous Object Stiffness on Tri-digit Proprieties
  • Conclusions