Active sensing system with in situ adjustable sensor morphology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the widespread use of sensors in engineering systems like robots and automation systems, the common paradigm is to have fixed sensor morphology tailored to fulfill a specific application. On the other hand, robotic systems are expected to operate in ever more uncertain environments. In order to cope with the challenge, it is worthy of note that biological systems show the importance of suitable sensor morphology and active sensing capability to handle different kinds of sensing tasks with particular requirements.

Methodology

This paper presents a robotics active sensing system which is able to adjust its sensor morphology in situ in order to sense different physical quantities with desirable sensing characteristics. The approach taken is to use thermoplast

SUBMITTER: Nurzaman SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3887119 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature