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Towards Humanlike Social Touch for Prosthetics and Sociable Robotics: Three-Dimensional Finite Element Simulations of Synthetic Finger Phalanges

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Synthetic skins with humanlike characteristic would make it possible to address some of the psychosocial requirements of prosthetic hands as well as the safety and acceptance issues in social robotics. This paper describes the development of three-dimensional finite element models of synthetic finger phalanges. With the aim of duplicating the skin compliance of human finger phalanges, the model was used to investigate the effects of (i) introducing open pockets in the internal structure and (ii) combining different materials as external and internal layers. The results show that having pockets in the internal structure of the design can increase the skin compliance of the synthetic phalanges and make it comparable with the human counterpart. Moreover, having different layers can be used to satisfy skin compliance and other design requirements such as wear and tear.

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  1. Social Robotics Laboratory, Interactive and Digital Media Institute, Singapore

    John-John Cabibihan & Shuzhi Sam Ge

  2. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117576

    John-John Cabibihan & Shuzhi Sam Ge

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

    Jong-Hwan Kim

  2. Social Robotics Lab, Interactive Digital Media Institute, and Edutainment Robotics Lab Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576, Singapore

    Shuzhi Sam Ge

  3. National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Prahlad Vadakkepat  & Abdullah Al Manum  & 

  4. Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany

    Norbert Jesse

  5. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, P.O. Box, 117576, Singapore

    Sadasivan Puthusserypady K

  6. Institut für Informatik/I12, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstr. 3,, D-85748, Garching b. München, Germany

    Ulrich Rückert

  7. School of Software Engineering and Data Communications, Queensland University of Technology, P.O. Box, Brisbane, Australia

    Joaquin Sitte

  8. Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, P.O. Box, Paderborn, Germany

    Ulf Witkowski

  9. Interactive & Digital Media Institute, National University of Singapore, Blk E3A #02-04, 7 Engineering Drive 1, 117574, Singapore

    Ryohei Nakatsu

  10. University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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  11. Autonomous Agents Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, P.O. Box, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    John Anderson

  12. Dept. of Education in Technology & Science, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel

    Igor Verner

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Cabibihan, JJ., Ge, S.S. (2009). Towards Humanlike Social Touch for Prosthetics and Sociable Robotics: Three-Dimensional Finite Element Simulations of Synthetic Finger Phalanges. In: Kim, JH., et al. Advances in Robotics. FIRA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5744. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03983-6_12

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