Wednesday, August 14, 2013
A Blind Robot That Navigates By Touch | Popular Science
A Blind Robot That Navigates By Touch | Popular Science: When a whisker touches something, it bends backward, pushing a magnet at its base. A magnetic sensor detects the displacement and sends it to Shrewbot’s computer processor. Shrewbot uses these touch signals to create a picture of its environment and distinguish shapes and textures.
Labels:
biomimetic,
multimodal sensing,
perception,
robotics,
vision
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