New refs for tactile sensing chapter

IEEE ICRA 2006

• Conformable and Scalable Tactile Sensor Skin for Curved Surfaces, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Yasuo Kuniyoshi Department of Mechano-Informatics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Akihiko Nagakubo Intelligent System Research Institute National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science
  • Addresses connectivity issue with buss. Can cut to shape and curve over surfaces. Transducer = photo emitter/detector & foam. Network of elements.
  • Nice list of 8 requirements for tactile array sensors
• A bio-inspired approach for the design and characterization of a tactile sensory system for a cybernetic prosthetic hand B.B. Edin, L. Beccai1, L. Ascari, S. Roccella1, J.J. Cabibihan1 and M.C. Carrozza
  • binary flex circuit sensors, triaxial force sensors,
• Robot Skin Based on Touch-Area-Sensitive Tactile Element Takayuki Hoshi and Hiroyuki Shinoda The University of Tokyo
  • Network of communicating capacitive sensor elements in a soft skin.
• Development of Supermedia Interface for Telediagnostics of Breast Pathology - optical waveguide & camera sensor, electrotactile display.

new Haptics book (preprint)

earlier network reference:

M.Shimojo, A.Namiki, M Ishikawa, R.Makino, and K.Mabuchi, “A tactile sensor sheet using pressure conductive rubber with electricalwires stitched method,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 4, no. 589-596, 2004.

-- MarkCutkosky - 22 May 2006