Robot Sensor From China Lets Machines Identify Objects without Touch
The sensor uses weak electric fields to infer an object’s material, shape and distance, and could help robots work in darkness or smoke.
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China's Electric Eel-Inspired Sensor Lets Robots Feel Without Touching
Chinese scientists have given robots a new sense inspired by one of nature’s most unusual hunters. Researchers at Xidian University have developed an electric eel sensor that lets machines detect, identify, and locate objects without ever touching them, using a steady electric field created by a specially charged fluoropolymer. Published in the peer-reviewed journal Advanced Materials, the technology could make robots safer, smarter, and far mor…
Robot sensor from China lets machines identify objects without touch
Chinese researchers have developed a new robot sensor that can “feel” objects without physical contact, inspired by electric eels. Similar to the eel, the new sensor uses weak electric fields that are distorted by nearby objects, enabling touchless detection and potentially identification. You can think of it as something like a combination of a proximity sensor and a crude artificial touch sensor. “We want the machine to sense an approaching ta…
Chinese researchers have created a sensor that allows robots to detect objects without physical contact. The device uses a weak electric field and can estimate the distance, shape and properties of an object.
Thanks to a new generation of sensors inspired by the hunting mechanism of electric eels, robots can detect metal, plastic, glass, and wood without making contact.
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