Haptic Devices for Studies on Human Grasp and Rehabilitation

• Main Author: Altobelli, Alessandro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Neurosciences.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Mechanical engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Mechanical Engineering.

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...

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.