Texture Discrimination with Artificial Whiskers in the Robot-Rat Psikharpax

摘要: We describe a novel algorithm for texture discrimination which we tested on robot using an artificial whisker system. Experiments both fixed head and mobile platform have shown that this system is efficient robust, with greater behavioral capacities than previous similar approaches, thus, demonstrating capabilities to complement or supply vision. Moreover, results tends show the length number of whiskers may be important parameter discrimination. From more fundamental point view these suggest two currently opposing hypotheses explain recognition in rats, namely “kinetic signature hypothesis” “resonance hypothesis”, be, fact, complementary.