Sensors and Actuators
Whiskers: uses the frequency of vibration to estimate distance to
obstacle.
Whiskers: Multiple whiskers for shape recognition
Human Senses
• Sight• Hearing• Touch• Taste• Smell• Balance and acceleration• Temperature• Proprioception or Kinesthetic• Nociception or Pain
Non-Human Senses
• Electroreception• Magnetoception• Pressure detection• Current (water) detection• Polarized light• Mechanical strain – exoskeleton
Snake robots: Carnegie Mellon
Snakes become tentacles: US Army Research Labs
Starfish Robot: self-modeling, adjusts for damage
Brachiating robot: possibly for following power lines
Cubelets: Module kit
Softrobots: Possibilities for nanobots