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● Mostly concerned with muscle tone, with prospects of being used with
diseases that affect it.
● It was shown that the greater the load that the arm the stiffer the tissue is.
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Fig: The μm scale stiffness measurement device and its validation [2]
Test and Result
Fig: Micrometer-scale variation of mammary gland tissue stiffness in relation to pathology [2]
Human vs Artificial Tactile Sensing[3]
Fig. Specimen setup
Fig.3: Tactile sensor array [3] Fig.4: Platen forcer simulator [3]
Results: Human vs Artificial Tactile Sensing[3]
● Robotic tactile sensor can detect hard lump in soft tissue with lower
indentation depths and pressures than the human finger in passive palpation
task