UCLA Graduate Research Project:

Design and classification of custom sensor skin. We mounted the sensor skin to a robotic arm and then classified different surfaces, edges and motions using the skin response alone. 

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Goals

• Determine feedback response of sensor skin

• Attach skin to robotic arm and program exploratory motions

• Design and fabricate range of stimuli (small shapes or contours)

• Correlate data from skin to different objects and interactions

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Publication

J. Yin, P. Aspinall, V. J. Santos and J. D. Posner, "Measuring Dynamic Shear Force and Vibration with a Bioinspired Tactile Sensor Skin," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 3544-3553, 1 May1, 2018, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2811407. Link