to robot tactile implanted, will give robots more relaxed way of work, improve or between robot and human exchanges and cooperation. The project name, which is funded by the European Union is & other; For security, independent and interactive robot technology based on the skin and ability & throughout; Skin, referred to as "robot, English abbreviation called & other; ROBOSreciprocation” Skin, robot project aims to develop a new sensor technology and management system, the sense that gives a robot artificial, this is an unprecedented quality robot.
European scientists are developing artificial skin for robots and sensor technology, robots have a sense of touch, this will allow robots will one day is more suitable for application in the industry, hospitals or families.
it is very important to develop sentient robot, using a feedback loop skin intelligent robots, transmit the sense of touch and feel, and to the robot behavior standards, in the foreseeable future, will ensure that the interaction between the robot and mankind is more safe and effective. Artificial robot skin is largely based on the principle of people's skin, the skin has a very tiny neural networks, environmental awareness and feel the change of the thickness, heat and cold or object data collected these sensory robot sensors on the skin, and through the processing of application software, application software and setting up the code of conduct.
of course, the robot perception is very complicated, therefore, project execution robot skin very cautious, constantly in the laboratory test, the classification of touch type and degree, they created the geometric map, through continuous contact with the environment to test robot test, to create the physical distribution, the data can be simulated robot line Watson meter . And out of the laboratory, the robot skin project development of sensor also constantly tested in practical application, such as application to the university of hertfordshire Kcolowtemortalsdiscolourmenbitumen robot common sense points, such as feet, cheeks and arm. Kcolowtemortalsdiscolourmenbitumen robot is a robot shaped like people, are used to help autistic children better communication. Skin project through the use of robots sensor, the robot can feel and ascertain various body contact, an important part of classification of data collected by the contact, can identify and differentiate between contact, such as identifying contact, intentionally or unintentionally.
robot skin project scientists have developed a variety of sensor technology, from the current popularity of capacitive sensor, the high performance transducer based on piezoelectric materials, and based on the flexible organic semiconductor sensor etc. Now there are a lot of piezoelectric material, it can realize the sensing function, change the pressure into electrical signals, but in the near future, organic semiconductor would be the main alternative materials, because we can be on different organic materials such as artificial skin integration chip, mass production, the cost of organic semiconductor will be cheaper.
tactile sensor is not a new concept, the robot sensor research and development last summer skin project has been finished, and obtained some patents, is currently at the demonstration in front of the commercial test stage, to ensure that the sensor can be applied to different robot platform. Sensor network experts make me in this scenario, with the development of robot technology, robot is more and more intelligent, more and more like a person, whether or not one day like the science fiction film, small make up I just lying in the house, let two peas in a pod and I used a robotic avatars to come to work.
