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Feeling the pressure: The influence of vibrotactile patterns on feedback perception (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, A., Ward-Cherrier, B., Etoundi, A., & Pearson, M. J. (2022). Feeling the pressure: The influence of vibrotactile patterns on feedback perception. In 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (634-640). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981594

Tactile feedback is necessary for closing the sen-sorimotor loop in prosthetic and tele-operable control, which would allow for more precise manipulation and increased acceptance of use of such devices. Pressure stimuli are commonly presented to user... Read More about Feeling the pressure: The influence of vibrotactile patterns on feedback perception.

Evaluating multi-channel vibrational feedback arrays in a digit discrimination task (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, A., Ward-Cherrier, B., Etoundi, A., & Pearson, M. J. (2022). Evaluating multi-channel vibrational feedback arrays in a digit discrimination task. In 2022 International Symposium on Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering (ISEEIE) (202-207). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEEIE55684.2022.00042

In recent years manipulators and grippers have become more advanced., allowing for more nuanced interactions with the environment. In order to take advantage of the benefits that this can provide in teleoperation., methods for providing closed-loop t... Read More about Evaluating multi-channel vibrational feedback arrays in a digit discrimination task.

WhiskEye: A biomimetic model of multisensory spatial memory based on sensory reconstruction (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Knowles, T. C., Stentiford, R., & Pearson, M. J. (2021). WhiskEye: A biomimetic model of multisensory spatial memory based on sensory reconstruction. In TAROS 2021: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (408-418). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89177-0_43

We present WhiskEye, a visual tactile robot supporting a neurorobotic investigation of spatial memory as a multisensory reconstructive process. This article outlines the motivation for building WhiskEye; the technical details of the physical robot, a... Read More about WhiskEye: A biomimetic model of multisensory spatial memory based on sensory reconstruction.

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

© 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... Read More about Active whisker placement and exploration for rapid object recognition.

Feed-forward selection of cerebellar models for calibration of robot sound source localization (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Baxendale, M. D., Nibouche, M., Secco, E. L., Pipe, A. G., & Pearson, M. J. (2019). Feed-forward selection of cerebellar models for calibration of robot sound source localization. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24741-6_1

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. We present a responsibility predictor, based on the adaptive filter model of the cerebellum, to provide feed-forward selection of cerebellar calibration models for robot Sound Source Localization (SSL), based o... Read More about Feed-forward selection of cerebellar models for calibration of robot sound source localization.

Whisker-ratSLAM applied to 6D object identification and spatial localisation (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Salman, M., & Pearson, M. J. (2018). Whisker-ratSLAM applied to 6D object identification and spatial localisation. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95972-6_44

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. The problem of tactile object identification has a strong connection with the problem of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in a physical 6-dimensional environment. Here... Read More about Whisker-ratSLAM applied to 6D object identification and spatial localisation.

An adaptive modular recurrent cerebellum-inspired controller (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Maheri, K., Lenz, A., & Pearson, M. J. (2017). An adaptive modular recurrent cerebellum-inspired controller. In M. Mangan, C. Mark, A. Mura, P. Verschure, T. Prescott, & L. Nathan (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_23

Animals and robots face the common challenge of interacting with an unstructured environment. While animals excel and thrive in such environments, modern robotics struggles to effectively execute simple tasks. To help improve performance in the face... Read More about An adaptive modular recurrent cerebellum-inspired controller.

Simultaneous localisation and mapping on a multi-degree of freedom biomimetic whiskered robot (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Pearson, M., Fox, C. W., Sullivan, J. C., Prescott, T. J., Pipe, T., & Mitchinson, B. (2013). Simultaneous localisation and mapping on a multi-degree of freedom biomimetic whiskered robot. In L. E. Parker (Ed.), 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (586-592). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630633

A biomimetic mobile robot called 'Shrewbot' has been built as part of a neuroethological study of the mammalian facial whisker sensory system. This platform has been used to further evaluate the problem space of whisker based tactile Simultaneous Loc... Read More about Simultaneous localisation and mapping on a multi-degree of freedom biomimetic whiskered robot.

Bioinspired control of electro-active polymers for next generation soft robots (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Wilson, E., Anderson, S. R., Assaf, T., Pearson, M., Walters, P., Prescott, T. J., …Porrill, J. (2012). Bioinspired control of electro-active polymers for next generation soft robots. In G. Herrmann, M. Studley, M. Pearson, A. Conn, C. Melhuish, M. Witkowski, …J. H. Kim (Eds.), Advances in Autonomous Robotics: Joint Proceedings of the 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress, Bristol, UK, August 20-23, 2012, Proceedings (424-425). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_42

The emerging field of soft robotics offers the prospect of replacing existing hard actuator technologies with new soft-smart materials [7]. Such materials have the potential to form a key component of safer, more compliant and light-weight robots. So... Read More about Bioinspired control of electro-active polymers for next generation soft robots.

Tactile SLAM with a biomimetic whiskered robot (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Fox, C. W., Evans, M., Pearson, M., & Prescott, T. J. (2012). Tactile SLAM with a biomimetic whiskered robot. In 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (4925-4930). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224813

Future robots may need to navigate where visual sensors fail. Touch sensors provide an alternative modality, largely unexplored in the context of robotic map building. We present the first results in grid based simultaneous localisation and mapping (... Read More about Tactile SLAM with a biomimetic whiskered robot.