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Sensors and Actuators

Sensors and Actuators. Whiskers. Whiskers: uses the frequency of vibration to estimate distance to obstacle. Whiskers: Multiple whiskers for shape recognition. Human Senses. Sight Hearing Touch Taste Smell Balance and acceleration Temperature Proprioception or Kinesthetic

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Sensors and Actuators

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  1. Sensors and Actuators

  2. Whiskers

  3. Whiskers: uses the frequency of vibration to estimate distance to obstacle.

  4. Whiskers: Multiple whiskers for shape recognition

  5. Human Senses • Sight • Hearing • Touch • Taste • Smell • Balance and acceleration • Temperature • Proprioception or Kinesthetic • Nociception or Pain

  6. Non-Human Senses • Electroreception • Magnetoception • Pressure detection • Current (water) detection • Polarized light • Mechanical strain – exoskeleton

  7. Snake robots: Carnegie Mellon

  8. Snakes become tentacles: US Army Research Labs

  9. Starfish Robot: self-modeling, adjusts for damage

  10. Brachiating robot: possibly for following power lines

  11. Cubelets: Module kit

  12. Softrobots: Possibilities for nanobots

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