@InProceedings{maamir:med:2014,
  author    = {Maamir, Fouad and Guiatni, Mohamed and Morsly, Yacine and Kheddar, Abderrahmane},
  title     = {PSO algorithm based thermal contact resistance estimation for variable force hand/object interaction},
  booktitle = {Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation},
  year      = {2014},
  address   = {Palermo, Italy},
  month     = {June 16-June 19},
  keywords  = {Thermal resistance, Materials, Force, Heating, Contact resistance, Temperature measurement, Thermal sensors},
  doi       = {10.1109/MED.2014.6961422},
  abstract  = {Integrating thermal interactions in multimodal systems requires understanding both users sensory abilities and the thermal behaviors of the surrounding environment. Thermal feedback, as a part of haptic feedback can assist in object identification, or in the creation of a more complete haptic signature of a given object. However, the heat exchange occurring between a fingertip and a given touched object is affected by the contact conditions. This paper proposes a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm for identification of thermal contact resistance. This resistance is estimated for variable force Hand/Object Interaction using a thermal model describing the heat exchange. Experimental results validating the proposed approach are evaluated when touching real and simulated objects.}
}