Optimal Morphology of a Biologically-Inspired Whisker Array on an Obstacle-Avoiding Robot

Biomimetic tactile target acquisition, tracking and capture

“…Previous implementations of artificial whisker sensing, reviewed in [14,15], have shown them to be useful for navigation [16,17] as well as for object identification/localisation [5,[18][19][20]. At the same time, robots with whiskers are helping biologists to understand the nature of the task facing biological whisker specialists [15,21].…”

On the influence of morphology of tactile sensors for behavior and control

“…The interdependence of morphology and control has attracted increased interest in the design of robots [1,2] and sensory systems [3,4]. While most sensory studies have focused on vision, a tactile sensor has drawn more attention recently, namely the whiskers.…”

Concurrently evolving sensor morphology and control for a hexapod robot

“…Evolving sensor morphology has been applied to sets of the same type of sensor [1,2], optimization of a compound eye [3], and the simultaneous design of the controller and sensors of a robot [1,4,5]. Each of these studies uses only one type of stimulus from the environment to perform its task.…”