Ingenious Sensor Gives Robots Better-Than-Human Sense of Touch?and Fingerprints
We?ve seen the development of a number of technologies that could be used to provide robots with a sense of touch, such as proximity and temperature sensing hexagonal plates and artificial skin constructed from semiconductor nanowires. However, perhaps none are as impressive as a tactile sensor developed by researchers at the University of California?s Viterbi School of Engineering. The group?s BioTac sensor was built to mimic a human fingertip and can outperform humans in identifying a wide range of materials, offering potential use for the technology in robotics and prostheses. .. Continue Reading Tactile robot finger outperforms humans in identifying texturesSection: RoboticsTags: Prosthesis, Robotics, Tactile, Touch, University of Southern California Related Articles: Hexagonal plate skin gives robots sense of touch Getting robots to move like people for better interaction EU project demonstrates emotional robots Climbing robot inspects wind turbines for damage Brown University develops autonomous, gestu
Ingenious Sensor Gives Robots Better-Than-Human Sense of Touch?and Fingerprints
Are your fingers resting on a slick touchscreen or a wooden ...
Thu 21 Jun 12 from Discover Magazine
Ingenious Sensor Gives Robots Better-Than-Human Sense of Touch?and Fingerprints, Thu 21 Jun 12 from Discover Magazine
Tactile robot finger outperforms humans in identifying textures
We?ve seen the development of a number of technologies that could be used to provide robots with a sense of touch, such as proximity and temperature sensing hexagonal plates and artificial skin ...
Tue 19 Jun 12 from Gizmag
Robots equipped with tactile sensor able to identify materials through touch
What does a robot feel when it touches something? Little or nothing until now. But with the right sensors, actuators and software, robots can be given the sense of feel – or at least the ...
Mon 18 Jun 12 from Phys.org
Robots given the power of touch and can feel better than humans
Robots can do some amazing things, such as playing basketball, but what they can't do is feel the objects they touch. Until now. It might seem like a small point — robots are, after all, ...
Sat 23 Jun 12 from Dvice
BioTac robot finger identifies surfaces better than humans
Giving robots the capacity to comprehend human emotion may still be a faraway dream, but the ability to feel is well within their grasp. Numerous technologies trying to mimic human senses have ...
Wed 20 Jun 12 from Geek.com
Robot with tactile sensor is better at identifying materials than you are (but only wants to help)
Researchers at USC's Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a robot capable of identifying materials, thanks to a tactile sensor. The so-called BioTac sensor mimics the human finger, ...
Tue 19 Jun 12 from Engadget
Liquid-Filled Robot Finger More Sensitive to Touch Than a Human's
Add to the list of things robots now do better than humans: feel. Researchers at the U. of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering have designed a robot finger that can outperform ...
Tue 19 Jun 12 from Popular Science
Robot with a 'textured hand' can detect more than 100 different materials with just a fingertip - with an accuracy that is already better than man
The BioTac sensor, designed in California, was able to identify a randomly selected material 95 per cent of the time, which is a higher hit rate than a human would achieve.
Tue 19 Jun 12 from Daily Mail
Robot finger detects textures more accurately than humans
Researchers at the University of California's Viterbi School of Engineering have developed an artificial finger which can detect texture. Dubbed BioTac, the sensor was ...
Tue 19 Jun 12 from The Verge
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