Recognition of geometrical shape by a Robotic Probe

Abstract

Abstract A number of issues pertaining to the automatic recognition of the shape of known and unknown surfaces and objects by tactile probing are discussed and formulated for a planar robotic probe. The dynamics of the robotic probe are presented. Sensory and computational requirements are outlined. Several methods for deriving parameters that describe a quadratic shape are exposed. Digital computer simulations are used to demonstrate and compare three linear algorithms in estimation of parameters of a quadratic surface.