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US 2020/0393291 A1Published application
Sensors
AssigneeBristol Maritime Robotics Ltd
InventorsRichard Sewell, Thomas Rooney
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Abstract
A sensor comprising a whisker shaft and a follicle is provided. The shaft has a root end and a tip end and the shaft tapers from the root end to the tip end so that the root end is wider and the tip end is narrower. The root end is pivotably mounted in the follicle.
Claims20
A sensor comprising a whisker shaft and a follicle, the shaft having a root end and a tip end, in which the shaft tapers from the root end to the tip end so that the root end is wider and the tip end is narrower, and the root end is pivotably mounted in the follicle.
A method of tactile exploration comprising:
- providing one or more artificial whisker sensors for taking angular measurements, the or each sensor comprising a tapered, elongate body;
- moving the whisker through material of interest and in doing so causing vortex-induced vibration;
- and measuring the frequency spectrum of the vibration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.