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From Rat to Robots and Back : = Employing Whisker Mechanics in Sensing Applications.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	From Rat to Robots and Back :/
Reminder of title:	Employing Whisker Mechanics in Sensing Applications.
Author:	Huet, Lucie Anne.
Description:	1 online resource (254 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-02(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-02B(E).
Subject:	Mechanical engineering. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9781369155587

From Rat to Robots and Back : = Employing Whisker Mechanics in Sensing Applications.
Huet, Lucie Anne.

From Rat to Robots and Back :Employing Whisker Mechanics in Sensing Applications. - 1 online resource (254 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-02(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)

Includes bibliographical references

Whiskers are capable of providing a detailed sense of touch. Rats are especially adept with their vibrissae, or whiskers, using them in a variety of tasks. Replicating this ability by creating artificial whiskers could provide the field of robotics with a powerful and detailed sense of touch. This thesis explores how the kinematics and mechanics of whiskers direct the ways rats explore their environment. It also demonstrates a method to locate points of contact between their whiskers and objects, a necessary step in localizing objects and performing shape extraction. It examines in particular how the mechanical signals at the base of a whisker can be used to determine the contact point location and applies these findings to the design of artificial whiskers and to the analysis of neuronal signals in the rat brain.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781369155587Subjects--Topical Terms:

557493
Mechanical engineering.
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Electronic books.

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