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JRM Vol.19 No.1 pp. 85-96
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0085
(2007)

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Classification of Prism Object Shapes Utilizing Tactile Spatiotemporal Differential Information Obtained from Grasping by Single-Finger Robot Hand with Soft Tactile Sensor Array

Kenshi Watanabe*, Kenichi Ohkubo*, Sumiaki Ichikawa**,
and Fumio Hara*

*Department of Mechanical Engineering Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan

**Faculty of Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 5000-1 Toyohira, Chino-shi, Nagano 391-0292, Japan

Received:
April 17, 2006
Accepted:
August 29, 2006
Published:
February 20, 2007
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Keywords:
soft tactile sensor array, tactile information processing, classification, prism object shape, 8-Cell pattern, tactile spatiotemporal differential information
Abstract
Our proposal involves classifying cylindrical objects by using soft tactile sensor arrays on a single five-link robotic finger. The front of each link is covered with semicircular silicone rubber with 235 small on-off switches. On-off data from switches obtained when an object is grasped is converted to a spatiotemporal matrix. Eight cells around the contact switch are useful in extracting local spatiotemporal contact physics, so the frequency of the 8-Cell patterns composed of binary data around the switch contacted is obtained for each object and used to form a contact-feature vector. This vector is obtained 10 times of experimental trial, corresponding to each object. Vectors are classified by the Mahalanobis distance for 12 objects - cylinders and regular polygonal prisms - resulting in 14 types of grasping (14 classes). Using 6 dimensional feature vectors, over 95% classification accuracy is obtained for 7 classes derived from 5 objects having one or two types of stable grasping.
Cite this article as:
K. Watanabe, K. Ohkubo, S. Ichikawa, and F. Hara, “Classification of Prism Object Shapes Utilizing Tactile Spatiotemporal Differential Information Obtained from Grasping by Single-Finger Robot Hand with Soft Tactile Sensor Array,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.19 No.1, pp. 85-96, 2007.
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