Biomimetic whiskers for shape recognition

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-243

  Kim, DaeEun ^a   Möller, Ralf ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active perception; Biomimetic whisker; Biorobotics; Shape recognition; Tactile sensors

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; ROBOTS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VELOCITY;

ACTIVE PERCEPTION; BIOMIMETIC WHISKER; BIOROBOTICS; SHAPE RECOGNITION; TACTILE SENSORS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33846910413     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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