Development of the MEMS Tactile Sensor for Haptic Interface in our Life
Education - Colloquium
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:00 AM-10:00 AM |
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WPI: Higgins Laboratories Price Conference Room, 102 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609-2280 |
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| Description: | Abstract: We have fine mechanical sensing units in our skin. We can sense the material properties of objects by touching, and we can put a key into a lock without watching carefully. Without tactile sensation, it is very difficult to handle an object dexterously. Most robots developed until now do not have human-like tactile sensing on their hands or bodies. What is human-like tactile sensation? I think our tactile sensing consists of fine and micro mechanical sensing units and neural information processing. In this presentation, I will introduce our MEMS macro tactile sensor, and some applications using the sensor in our research development. We aim to place the sensor into many locations in our daily life in the future. Bio: Haruo Noma was a Senior Researcher at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) in Kyoto, Japan for the past 19 years. I have recently accepted a position as Professor of Computer Science at Ritsumekan University in Shiga, Japan. My research focus is on virtual reality, especially haptic (touch) feedback, robotics, tactile sensing, wearable sensors, sensor networks, and applications using these technologies. I am a member of IEEE and Senior Member of ACM. |
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| More Information: |
E-mail:
rbe@wpi.edu
Entered by: WPI Robotics Engineering |
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Created: February 25, 2013 at 10:42 AM
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