A Fingertip of a Robot can feel the texture better than humans

The machines are getting better and better than the humans. Here’s an another example where the fingertip of a robot can sense the type of material just by touching it. The research engineers has attached a BioTac tactile sensor that is powered with an intelligent algorithm to select, control and interpret the data that are similar to the way humans feel while touch a surface or a product.  The technology functions with more confidence that can even outperform the humans. The sensor on a fluid filled fingertip that resembles in the size of a human finger that vibrates when slid over a surface and creates a reaction force.

The vibration is then used to measure the textural properties like traction, roughness and fineness. According to the reports of “Frontiers of Robotics”, the developers created a database of 117 textures in order to establish a “prior experience” for the similar textures in the future. This study was revealed by a professor of Biomedical engineering Gerald Loeb and graduate doctoral student Jeremy Fishel from the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering. Check out the video below,