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This book describes some devices that are commonly identified as tactile or force sensors. This is achieved with different degrees of detail, in a unique and actual resource, through the description of different approaches to this type of sensors. Understanding the design and the working principles of the sensors described here requires a multidisciplinary background of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, biology, etc. An attempt has been made to place side by side the most pertinent information in order to reach a more productive reading not only for professionals dedicated to the design of tactile sensors, but also for all other sensor users, as for example, in the field of robotics. The latest technologies presented in this book are more focused on information readout and processing: as new materials, micro and sub-micro sensors are available, wireless transmission and processing of the sensorial information, as well as some innovative methodologies for obtaining and interpreting tactile information are also strongly evolving.

Tactile sensors. --- Force sensors --- Touch sensors --- Detectors --- Electronic devices & materials

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Tactile Sensing, Skill Learning and Robotic Dexterous Manipulation focuses on cross-disciplinary lines of research and groundbreaking research ideas in three research lines: tactile sensing, skill learning and dexterous control. The book introduces recent work about human dexterous skill representation and learning, along with discussions of tactile sensing and its applications on unknown objects' property recognition and reconstruction. Sections also introduce the adaptive control schema and its learning by imitation and exploration. Other chapters describe the fundamental part of relevant research, paying attention to the connection among different fields and showing the state-of-the-art in related branches. The book summarizes the different approaches and discusses the pros and cons of each. Chapters not only describe the research but also include basic knowledge that can help readers understand the proposed work, making it an excellent resource for researchers and professionals who work in the robotics industry, haptics and in machine learning.

Robotics. --- Robot hands. --- Tactile sensors. --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Hands, Robot --- Robots --- Force sensors --- Touch sensors --- Detectors --- Robotics

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Active touch perception – also known as haptic perception – is of primary importance for the planning, direction and execution of everyday actions. This most complex of human sensory systems is gaining ever more importance for various scientific disciplines as well as practical industrial applications. In this book an international team of 80 authors presents a comprehensive collection of writings on both aspects of research on human haptic perception. After a theoretical and historical introduction, the chapters are dedicated to neurophysiological basics as well as the psychological, clinical and neuropsychological aspects of haptic perception. Results of studies into human haptic perception in the fields of virtual haptics and robotics are also included. In the final section, contributions from the applied and industrial sectors illustrate the practical uses of knowledge about the human sense of touch. This easily accessible textbook gives not only students, scientists and those with prior knowledge, but also interested laypersons insights into a fascinating area of study that is constantly discovering new challenges and presenting innovative solutions.

Touch --- Tactile sensors. --- Therapeutic use. --- Force sensors --- Touch sensors --- Detectors --- Healing touch --- Imposition of hands --- Therapeutic touch --- Energy medicine --- Therapeutic use --- Neurosciences. --- Psychology, clinical. --- Neurobiology. --- Human physiology. --- Neuropsychology. --- Human Physiology. --- Clinical psychology. --- Psychiatry --- Psychology, Applied --- Psychological tests --- Human biology --- Medical sciences --- Physiology --- Human body --- Neurosciences --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Nervous system --- Touch Perception. --- Psychomotor Performance. --- Neurophysiology --- Psychophysiology

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"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.

Tactile sensors. --- Touch --- Human-machine systems. --- Physiological aspects. --- Human operators (Systems engineering) --- Human subsystems (Systems engineering) --- Man-machine control systems --- Man-machine systems --- Operator-machine systems --- Engineering systems --- Human engineering --- Feeling --- Haptic sense --- Haptics --- Tactile perception --- Tactual perception --- Somesthesia --- Force sensors --- Touch sensors --- Detectors --- Sensation --- sensorimotor --- active sensing --- Animal Models

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This book is aimed not only at haptics and human interface researchers, but also at developers and designers from manufacturing corporations and the entertainment industry who are working to change our lives. This publication comprises the proceedings of the first International AsiaHaptics conference, held in Tsukuba, Japan, in 2014. The book describes the state of the art of the diverse haptics- (touch-) related research, including scientific research into haptics perception and illusion, development of haptics devices, and applications for a wide variety of fields such as education, medicine, telecommunication, navigation, and entertainment.

Engineering. --- Robotics and Automation. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Computer science. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Ingénierie --- Informatique --- Génie biomédical --- Haptic devices. --- Human-computer interaction. --- Tactile sensors. --- Touch. --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering --- Computer Science --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Force sensors --- Touch sensors --- Feeling --- Haptic sense --- Haptics --- Tactile perception --- Tactual perception --- Computer-human interaction --- Human factors in computing systems --- Interaction, Human-computer --- Haptic interfaces --- Haptic technology --- Somesthesia --- Human engineering --- User-centered system design --- User interfaces (Computer systems) --- Computer input-output equipment --- Robotics --- Detectors --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Informatics --- Science --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Medicine --- Robotics. --- Automation. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Computational intelligence. --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Interfaces, User (Computer systems) --- Human-machine systems --- Human-computer interaction --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic control --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems --- Automation --- Machine theory