A Procedure for Characterizing Tactile Sensors

We describe a methodology for the characterization of tactile sensors. We address the questions of verification of manufacturer's claims about the output of a sensor, reliability of the output and robustness of the sensor over time. In our work with tactile sensors, it has become apparent that there is a need for a rigorous methodology of characterizing sensor quality. We implement this as a procedure which is specific for the Lord LTS-200 sensor [ref 1] With some modifications, this methodology could be applied to other tactile sensors. Comments University of Pennsylvania Department of Computer and Information Science Technical Report No. MSCIS-88-102. This technical report is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/cis_reports/685 A PROCEDURE FOR CHARACTERIZING TACTILE SENSORS Filip Fuma and John Bradley MS-CIS-88-102 GRASP LAB 171 Department of Computer and Information Science School of Engineering and Applied Science University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104