Classification of Prism Object Shapes Utilizing Tactile Spatiotemporal Differential Information Obtained from Grasping by Single-Finger Robot Hand with Soft Tactile Sensor Array

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-96

  Watanabe, Kenshi ^a   Ohkubo, Kenichi ^a   Ichikawa, Sumiaki ^b   Hara, Fumio ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

8 Cell pattern; classification; prism object shape; soft tactile sensor array; tactile information processing; tactile spatiotemporal differential information

Indexed keywords

PRISMS; ROBOTIC ARMS; SILICONES; VECTORS;

8-CELL PATTERN; CELL PATTERNS; DIFFERENTIAL INFORMATION; OBJECT SHAPE; PRISM OBJECT SHAPE; SOFT TACTILE SENSOR ARRAY; TACTILE INFORMATION; TACTILE INFORMATION PROCESSING; TACTILE SENSOR ARRAY; TACTILE SPATIOTEMPORAL DIFFERENTIAL INFORMATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 78651469748     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0085     Document Type: Article

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