Material recognition using tactile sensing

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Abstract

Identification of the material from which an object is made is of signifi cant value for effective robotic grasping and manipulation. Characteristics of the material can be retrieved using different sensory modalities: vision based, tactile based or sound based. Compressibility, surface texture and thermal properties can each be retrieved from physical contact with an object using tactile sensors. This paper presents a method for collecting data using a biomimetic fingertip in contact with various materials and then using these data to classify the materials both individually and into groups of their type. Following acquisition of data, principal component analysis (PCA) is used to extract features. These features are used to train seven different class ers and hybrid structures of these classi ers for comparison. For all materials, the arti cial systems were evaluated against each other, compared with human performance and were all found to outperform human participants' average performance. These results highlighted the sensitive nature of the BioTAC sensors and pave the way for research that requires a sensitive and accurate approach such as vital signs monitoring using robotic systems.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)94-111
Number of pages18
JournalExpert Systems with Applications
Volume94
Early online date28 Oct 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 15 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • Tactile Sensing
  • Signal Processing
  • Neural Networks
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Classification
  • Material classification

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