Model for a sensor inspired by electric fish

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 492-505

  Boyer, Frédéric ^a   Gossiaux, Pol Bernard ^b   Jawad, Brahim ^c   Lebastard, Vincent ^a   Porez, Mathieu ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b SUBATECH   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Active perception; bioinspired sensor; electrokinetics; electrolocation; electrostatics; model reduction; resistance matrix

Indexed keywords

BIOINSPIRED SENSORS; ELECTROKINETICS; ELECTROLOCATION; MODEL REDUCTION; RESISTANCE MATRIX;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84859750999     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2011.2175764     Document Type: Article

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