Contact state recognition based on haptic signal processing for robotic tool use

Robotic tool use is a challenging issue, which can be a key for extending the ability of robots in human environment. This study deals with a technique for contact state recognition of robotic tool use. A contact model and a method to calculate the parameters of the model from the haptic information are proposed. Some kinetic information is estimated from the model parameters and utilized for the tool use.

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