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Whole Body Haptics for Augmented Humanoid Task Capabilities

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Robotics Research

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A whole body tactile skin with a novel design is presented. It is installed on the entire surface of our adult-size humanoid robot. Experiments on various contact motion control, such as handling a 66kg human dummy, are realized.

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Kuniyoshi, Y., Ohmura, Y., Nagakubo, A. (2010). Whole Body Haptics for Augmented Humanoid Task Capabilities. In: Kaneko, M., Nakamura, Y. (eds) Robotics Research. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 66. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14743-2_6

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