Tactile Recognition and Localization Using Object Models: The Case of Polyhedra on a Plane

This paper discusses how data from multiple tactile sensors may be used to identify and locate one object, from among a set of known objects. We use only local information from sensors: (1) the position of contact points, and (2) ranges of surface normals at the contact points. The recognition...

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Main Authors: Gaston, Peter C., Lozano-Perez, Tomaso
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6378