A soft thumb-sized vision-based sensor with accurate all-round force perception
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Abstract
Abstract Vision-based haptic sensors have emerged as a promising approach to robotic touch due to affordable high-resolution cameras and successful computer vision techniques; however, their physical design and the information they provide do not yet meet the requirements of real applications. We present a robust, soft, low-cost, vision-based, thumb-sized three-dimensional haptic sensor named Insight, which continually provides a directional force-distribution map over its entire conical sensing surface. Constructed around an internal monocular camera, the sensor has only a single layer of elastomer over-moulded on a stiff frame to guarantee sensitivity, robustness and soft contact. Furthermore, Insight…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 25.32
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 62
Authors
3Topics & keywords
- Artificial intelligence
- Computer vision
- Computer science
- Haptic technology
- Robot
Funding
- IMInternational Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology
- DFDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftAwards: 390727645, EXC number 2064/1 – Project number 390727645, 2064/1
- BFBundesministerium für Bildung und ForschungAwards: 01IS18039B, FKZ: 01IS18039B
- MMax-Planck-Gesellschaft
- CSChina Scholarship CouncilAward: 201708080022
- IMInternational Max Planck Research School for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems Engineering