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Title: A Full-Optical Pretouch Dual-Modal and Dual-Mechanism (PDM 2 ) Sensor for Robotic Grasping
Award ID(s):
2330199
PAR ID:
10639048
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
IEEE
Date Published:
Page Range / eLocation ID:
8695 to 8701
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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