Biomimetic tactile sensor and spike train processing for surface roughness discrimination and active exploration

• Main Author: Yi, Zhengkun
• Other Authors: Zhang, Yilei
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72727
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The sense of touch plays a critical role in enabling human beings to interact with the surrounding environments. As robots move from laboratories to domestic environments, they are expected to be endowed with a similar tactile ability to perform complicated tasks such as manipulating objects with ar...