Neuro-inspired electronic skin for robots
University of Glasgow · Intel (Germany) · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Touch is a complex sensing modality owing to large number of receptors (mechano, thermal, pain) nonuniformly embedded in the soft skin all over the body. These receptors can gather and encode the large tactile data, allowing us to feel and perceive the real world. This efficient somatosensation far outperforms the touch-sensing capability of most of the state-of-the-art robots today and suggests the need for neural-like hardware for electronic skin (e-skin). This could be attained through either innovative schemes for developing distributed electronics or repurposing the neuromorphic circuits developed for other sensory modalities such as vision and audio. This Review highlights the hardware implementations of…
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6Topics & keywords
- Neuromorphic engineering
- Electronics
- Computer science
- Repurposing
- Electronic skin
- Robotics
- Modality (human–computer interaction)
- Robot
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure