DocumentCode
426321
Title
Applying a "somatic alphabet" approach to inferring orientation, motion, and direction in clusters of force sensing resistors
Author
Stiehl, Walter Dan ; Breazeal, Cynthia
Author_Institution
Robotic Life Group, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Volume
3
fYear
2004
fDate
28 Sept.-2 Oct. 2004
Firstpage
3015
Abstract
A fully "sensitive skin" can be thought of as the ultimate goal for the application of somatic sensors. This paper describes further work in the creation of a "somatic alphabet" for humanoid robotics. Populations of individual force sensing resistors are combined into receptive fields. This paper details the algorithms used to infer direction of motion of the centroid of a stimulus as well as orientation.
Keywords
force sensors; humanoid robots; tactile sensors; force sensing resistors; humanoid robotics; sensitive skin; somatic alphabet; somatic sensors; Animals; Cognitive robotics; Force sensors; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Intracranial pressure sensors; Medical treatment; Resistors; Robot sensing systems; Temperature sensors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2004. (IROS 2004). Proceedings. 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8463-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2004.1389868
Filename
1389868
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