Flexible Exploration By Human And Robotic Haptic System

Abstract

Humans ale remarkably skilled at recognizing common objects using only manual exploration. Our research program on human haptics (purposive touch) has revealed constraints on the sequence of manual exploration used to derive haptic information about object properties for various perceptual tasks. These experimental data are currently being used to model human haptic object recognition. The research program has also interested those who design flexible haptic perceptual systems for robotic exploration, recognition and manipulation of objects within highly unstructured environments.