Embodied hyperacuity from Bayesian perception: Shape and position discrimination with an iCub fingertip sensor

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4638-4643

  Lepora, Nathan F ^a   Martinez Hernandez, Uriel ^a   Barron Gonzalez, Hector ^a   Evans, Mat ^a   Metta, Giorgio ^b   Prescott, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-MIMETIC ROBOT; HYPERACUITY; OBJECT POSITIONS; PERFORMANCE GAIN; ROBOT PERCEPTION; SUBMILLIMETERS; TEST SYSTEMS;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84872333783     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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