Tactile sensing for rapid locomotion

December 4, 2014 Noah Cowan

Short presentation at IROS 2014 by Alican Demir

Special thanks to our collaborators, Jean-Michel Mongeau and Robert J. Full.

Relevant papers:

J. Mongeau, A. Demir, C. Dallmann, K. Jayaram, N. J. Cowan, and R. J. Full, “Mechanical processing via passive dynamic properties of the cockroach antenna can facilitate control during rapid running,” J Exp Biol, vol. 217, iss. 18, p. 3333–3345, 2014.
[Bibtex]

@article{mongeaumechanical2014,
title = {Mechanical processing via passive dynamic properties
of the cockroach antenna can facilitate control
during rapid running},
journal = {J Exp Biol},
author = {Jean-Michel Mongeau and Alican Demir and Chris
J. Dallmann and Kaushik Jayaram and Noah J. Cowan
and Robert J. Full},
year = 2014,
volume = 217,
number = 18,
pages = {3333--3345},
doi = {10.1242/jeb.101501},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.101501},
}

J. Mongeau, A. Demir, J. Lee, N. J. Cowan, and R. J. Full, “Locomotion- and mechanics-mediated tactile sensing: antenna reconfiguration simplifies control during high-speed navigation in cockroaches,” J Exp Biol, vol. 216, iss. 24, p. 4530–4541, 2013.
[Bibtex]

@article{mongeaulocomotion2013,
author = {Jean-Michel Mongeau and Alican Demir and Jusuk Lee
and Noah J. Cowan and Robert J. Full},
title = {Locomotion- and mechanics-mediated tactile sensing:
antenna reconfiguration simplifies control during
high-speed navigation in cockroaches},
journal = {J Exp Biol},
volume = 216,
number = 24,
pages = {4530--4541},
year = 2013,
doi = {10.1242/jeb.083477},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.083477}
}

N. J. Cowan, J. Lee, and R. J. Full, “Task-level control of rapid wall following in the American cockroach,” J Exp Biol, vol. 209, iss. 9, p. 1617–1629, 2006.
[Bibtex]

@ARTICLE{cowantask-level2006,
author = {Noah J. Cowan and Jusuk Lee and Robert J. Full},
title = {Task-level control of rapid wall following in the
{A}merican cockroach},
journal = {J Exp Biol},
year = 2006,
volume = 209,
pages = {1617--1629},
number = 9,
doi = {10.1242/jeb.02166},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.02166}
}

A. Demir, E. W. Samson, and N. J. Cowan, “A tunable physical model of arthropod antennae,” in Proc IEEE Int Conf Robot Autom, Anchorage, AK, USA, 2010, pp. 3793-3798.
[Bibtex]

@inproceedings{demirtunable2010,
author = {Alican Demir and Edward W. Samson and Noah J. Cowan},
title = {A tunable physical model of arthropod antennae},
booktitle = {Proc IEEE Int Conf Robot Autom},
year = 2010,
pages = {3793-3798},
address = {Anchorage, AK, USA},
month = may,
doi = {10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509323},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509323}
}

A. Demir, “A Modular, Tunable Tactile Antenna for Exploring the Mechanics of Sensing,” Master Thesis, 2009.
[Bibtex]

@MASTERSTHESIS{demirmodular2009,
author = {Alican Demir},
title = {A Modular, Tunable Tactile Antenna for Exploring the Mechanics of Sensing},
school = {Johns Hopkins University},
year = 2009,
url = {https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_3985789}
}

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