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Active Bayesian perception for angle and position discrimination with a biomimetic fingertip

Martinez-Hernandez, U., DODD, Tony, Prescott, T.J. and Lepora, N.F. (2014) Active Bayesian perception for angle and position discrimination with a biomimetic fingertip. In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 03-07 Nov 2013. IEEE, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 5968-5973. ISBN 9781467363587

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In this work, we apply active Bayesian perception to angle and position discrimination and extend the method to perform actions in a sensorimotor task using a biomimetic fingertip. The first part of this study tests active perception off-line with a large dataset of edge orientations and positions, using a Monte Carlo validation to ascertain the classification accuracy. We observe a significant improvement over passive methods that lack a sensorimotor loop for actively repositioning the sensor. The second part of this study then applies these findings about active perception to an example sensorimotor task in real-time. Using an appropriate online sensorimotor control architecture, the robot made decisions about what to do next and where to move next, which was applied to a contour-following task around several objects. The successful outcome of this simple but illustrative task demonstrates that active perception can be of practical benefit for tactile robotics.

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Faculty: School of Creative Arts and Engineering > Engineering
Depositing User: Library STORE team
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2020 15:13
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2023 13:58
URI: https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/6246

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