On the influence of morphology of tactile sensors for behavior and control

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 686-695

  Fend, Miriam ^a   Bovet, Simon ^a   Pfeifer, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artificial whisker; Sensory morphology; Tactile sensing

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTION PLANNING; SENSORS; SENSORY AIDS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

ARTIFICIAL WHISKERS; SENSING RANGE; SENSORY MORPHOLOGY; TACTILE SENSING;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 33746512084     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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