Tactile robot finger outperforms humans in identifying textures

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Submitted by cylonlover on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @03:23AM

cylonlover writes "Researchers at the University of California’s Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a finger-sized tactile sensor that consists of a soft, flexible skin covering a liquid filling. The skin even has fingerprints that enhance the sensor’s sensitivity to vibration, so that as the sensor slides over a textured surface, it vibrates in characteristic ways. The group’s BioTac sensor was built to mimic a human fingertip and can outperform humans in identifying a wide range of materials, offering potential use for the technology in robotics and prostheses."
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Now fingerprints make sense to me (Score:2)

by advid.net (595837) writes:

Thanks to this article, fingerprints now make sense to me, from an evolutionary point of view.
They are useful not only for grabing, but also for detecting texture ...

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Now fingerprints make sense to me (Score:2)