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Wearable Sensorimotor Enhancer for a Fingertip based on Stochastic Resonance

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dc.contributor.author Kurita, Yuichi en_US
dc.contributor.author Shinohara, Minoru en_US
dc.contributor.author Ueda, Jun en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Mechanical Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Nara Institute of Science and Technology. Graduate School of Information Science en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Applied Physiology en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-08-11T14:52:17Z
dc.date.available 2011-08-11T14:52:17Z
dc.date.issued 2011-05
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dc.description.abstract This paper reports the initial experimental results of a wearable sensorimotor enhancer for a fingertip. A shorttime exposure of tactile receptors to sub-sensory white-noise vibration is known to improve the tactile sensitivity. This phenomenon, called “noise-enhanced tactile sensation” or stochastic resonance (SR) in the somatosensory system, is expected to enhance the sense of touch when white-noise vibration is applied to a fingertip, and thereby improve associated motor skills. A prototype sensorimotor enhancer has been developed in this research. This wearable device is to stimulate tactile receptors by applying vibration from a compact lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoelectric stack actuator attached at the radial side of the fingertip. This design keeps the palmar region free and maintains the wearer’s manipulability. Sensory and motor tests have been conducted for health subjects to confirm the efficacy of the device. Statistical significance has been observed in most of the tests. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Yuichi Kurita, Minoru Shinohara and Jun Ueda, "Wearable Sensorimotor Enhancer for a Fingertip based on Stochastic Resonance, " the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011) 3790-3795, May 9-13, Shanghai, China, 2011. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1083-4435
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/40556
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers en_US
dc.subject Human performance augmentation en_US
dc.subject Wearable sensorimotor enhancer en_US
dc.subject Piezoelectric actuators en_US
dc.title Wearable Sensorimotor Enhancer for a Fingertip based on Stochastic Resonance en_US
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dc.type.genre Post-print
dc.type.genre Proceedings
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local.contributor.author Ueda, Jun
local.contributor.author Shinohara, Minoru
local.contributor.corporatename Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)
local.contributor.corporatename Biorobotics and Human Modeling Lab
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