Robo-whiskers mimic animals exploring their surroundings - IOP Publishing
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Many mammals, including seals and rats, rely on their whiskers to sense their way through dark environments. Inspired by these animals, scientists working at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Illinois’ Advanced Digital Sciences Centre in Singapore have developed a robotic ‘whisker’ tactile sensor array designed to produce tomographic images by measuring fluid flow.
The results are published today (Wednesday 05 August) in the journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics.
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