Active touch sensing

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1581, 2011, Pages 2989-2995

  Prescott, Tony J ^a   Diamond, Mathew E ^b   Wing, Alan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Artificial touch; Biomimetic robotics; Haptics; Tactile sensing; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTENNA; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; MOVEMENT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; DUDLEYA EDULIS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053506357     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0167     Document Type: Article

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