As consumers demand ever-higher quality standards for agricultural products, the inspection
of such goods has become an integral component of the agricultural production process …

软体机械手(下面简称软体手) 是一种由柔性材料制成的新型机械装置. 凭借柔性材料天然的柔顺
性和适应性, 软体机械手具有了高灵活性, 复杂环境适应性和安全人机交互性等特点 …

This paper presents experimental evidence for the existence of a set of unique force
modulation strategies during manual soft tissue palpation to locate hard abnormalities such …

Medical palpation is a diagnostic technique in which physicians use the sense of touch to
manipulate the soft human tissue. This can be done to enable the diagnosis of possibly life …

Mammals like rats, who live in dark burrows, heavily depend on tactile perception obtained
through the vibrissal system to move through gaps and to discriminate textures. The …

Haptics, or the sense of touch, has played an important role in enhancing the versatility and
capabilities of robots. Tasks involving unstructured or changing environments can …

This paper proposes a framework to investigate the influence of physical interactions to
sensory information, during robotic palpation. We embed a capacitive tactile sensor on a …

Soft-bodied manipulators are new type of mechanical devices mainly made of soft materials,
which possess the characteristics of high flexibility, good adaptation in complex environment …

This paper provides a solution for fast haptic information gain during soft tissue palpation
using a Variable Lever Mechanism (VLM) probe. More specifically, we investigate the impact …

Technologies for remote physical examination of patients can transform disaster response
operations like Ebola or even to perform preliminary examinations of patients in remote …