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    Re: touch sensors aren't just switches (was Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0 —Robert Munafo
   (...) That obviously depends on what type of physical design is used for the switch. Some switches are not capable of bouncing the way you describe because there is no impact or acceleration during contact (example: slide switches that move leaf (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: touch sensors aren't just switches (was Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0 —David B. Gustavson
   Any motion between two hard surfaces, including sliding metal on metal (often called contact wiping), creates intermittent contact that has to be "debounced". The only switches that don't bounce are mercury-wetted contacts, such as one used to find (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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