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Mathematical description of artificial sense-of-touch systems

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Abstract

The paper proposes a mathematical formalism for describing artificial sense-of-touch systems. Mathematical models for obtaining, processing, and interpreting tactile information are provided. Problems of encoding and reproducing tactile information are formulated and algorithms for solving these problems are proposed. The problem of interpreting tactile information is considered, and the corresponding simple mathematical model is studied. Within the framework of this simple model, an exact solution of the interpretation problem is obtained for the case of finite deformations, and the insufficiency of the linear method (Hooke’s law) for describing problems of interpreting tactile data is shown. The presentation of mathematical models for the theory of artificial sense-of-touch systems in this paper is the first such detailed presentation in the Russian literature. These models are of interest to mathematicians, mechanicians, physicians, and engineers who construct or use artificial sense-of-touch systems.

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  1. M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    V. A. Vinokurov & V. A. Sadovnichy

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  1. V. A. Vinokurov
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Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 5–28, 2009.

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Vinokurov, V.A., Sadovnichy, V.A. Mathematical description of artificial sense-of-touch systems. J Math Sci 169, 413–429 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-010-0054-3

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