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University of Bristol

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Article title

Tactile Discrimination Using Active Whisker Sensors

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2011.2148114

Title of journal

IEEE Sensors Journal

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

350

ISSN of journal

1530-437X

Year of publication

2012

URL

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5756632

Number of additional authors

Additional information

Small nocturnal mammals use whiskers in support of locomotion, navigation and prey-catching. Similar so-called vibrissal sensing is of interest to engineers as artiﬁcial vibrissae could provide proximal sensors that can determine distance to nearby objects alongside surface characteristics such as shape and texture). Paper explores mechanism for tactile sensing using active whisker array based on rat macro-vibrissae. Core principles have been employed in further work including EPSRC project (EP/I032533/1, £1.1M, 2012-5) which draws inspiration from neuroscience research on adaptive control mechanisms involving cerebellum.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

I - Robotics

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract