Martin Pearson

TacWhiskers: Biomimetic Optical Tactile Whiskered Robots

Here we propose and investigate a novel vibrissal tactile sensor - the Tac Whisker array - based on modifying a 3D-printed optical cutaneous (fingertip) tactile sensor - the TacTip. Two versions are considered: a static Tac Whisker array analogous to immotile tactile vibrissae (e.g. rodent microvib-…