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Active whisker placement and exploration for rapid object recognition

Pearson, Martin J.; Salman, Mohammed

Authors

Mohammed Salman



Abstract

© 2019 IEEE. Identifying objects using sparse tactile sensor arrays requires movement across the surface and the integration of sensory information to support hypotheses. In this study we demonstrate a surface placement control strategy to orient and position a biomimetic tactile whisker array relative to the object surface. This reduces the variance in tactile view, or representation, of each region of the object surface thus relaxing the prior pose dependence for object recall. In addition we evaluate two regional search strategies in an attempt to further improve the robustness and speed of object classification.

Citation

Pearson, M. J., & Salman, M. (2020). Active whisker placement and exploration for rapid object recognition. https://doi.org/10.1109/iros40897.2019.8968517

Conference Name 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Conference Location Macau, China
Start Date Nov 3, 2019
End Date Nov 8, 2019
Acceptance Date Nov 3, 2019
Online Publication Date Jan 27, 2020
Publication Date Jan 27, 2020
Deposit Date Apr 21, 2020
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages 672-677
Series ISSN 2153-0866
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/iros40897.2019.8968517
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5914597