A star-nose-like tactile-olfactory bionic sensing array for robust object recognition in non-visual environments.

ABSTRACT: Object recognition is among the basic survival skills of human beings and other animals. To date, artificial intelligence (AI) assisted high-performance object recognition is primarily visual-based, empowered by the rapid development of sensing and computational capabilities. Here, we report a tactile-olfactory sensing array, which was inspired by the natural sense-fusion system of star-nose mole, and can permit real-time acquisition of the local topography, stiffness, and odor of a variety of objects without visual input. The tactile-olfactory information is processed by a bioinspired olfactory-tactile associated machine-learning algorithm, essentially mimicking the biological fusion procedures in the neural system of the star-nose mole. Aiming to achieve human identification during rescu

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8748716 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature