Species-specific whisker morphology affects tactile interactions

Grant, Robyn, Dougill, Gary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-6166 and Lepora, Nathan (2021) Species-specific whisker morphology affects tactile interactions. In: 2021 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), 06 July 2021 - 09 July 2021, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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Abstract

Bio-inspired robotic whisker touch sensors exist, although the shape of the whisker is often overlooked, despite it affecting whisker mechanics and resulting whisker movements. We demonstrate here in three Carnivora species that whisker shape affects tactile interactions. We recommend that whisker shape needs to be designed specifically for a task, and suggest that this is a good area for future research.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Abstract)
Published Proceedings:	IEEE Xplore
Peer-reviewed:	No
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2021 13:06
Publisher:	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9517173
Additional Information:	"(c) 2021 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works."
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/628265
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1109/WHC49131.2021.9517173

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