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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131527103321

Autore

Tony J. Prescott

Titolo

Active touch sensing / / topic editors: Robyn Grant, Pavel M. Itskov, Blythe Towal, and Tony J. Prescott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2014

[Lausanne, Switzerland] : , : Frontiers Media SA, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

9782889192489

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Collana

Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

Frontiers in neurorobotics

Frontiers Research Topics

Soggetti

Tactile sensors

Touch - Physiological aspects

Human-machine systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Active touch can be described as the control of the position and movement of tactile sensing systems to facilitate information gain. In other words, it is finding out about the world by reaching out and exploring--sensing by 'touching' as opposed to 'being touched'. In this Research Topic (with crossposting in both Behavioral Neuroscience and Neurorobotics) we welcomed articles from junior researchers on any aspect of active touch"-- Page 2.