ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT130100858

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT130100858

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Real-time friction sensing, feedback and control for dexterous prosthetic and robotic manipulation. Prosthetic and robotic hands demonstrate poor dexterity during object manipulation, often dropping objects. Humans rarely allow objects to slip because we can sense when an object is slippery and adjust our grip. Exceptionally little research has been directed at replicating this ability to sense friction. This project aims to enable artificial hands to estimate frictional properties while grasping an object. Non-invasive methods to feed back this frictional information to an amputee will also be investigated. Finally, the friction-sensing system will be used to improve robotic gripper control. The outcomes of this research will significantly advance the fields of prosthetics, telesurgery, and service and manufacturing robotics.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2014

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $668,566.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biomedical Instrumentation | Sensory Systems | Control Systems, Robotics and Automation | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Nervous System and Disorders |

Other Keywords

Biomedical Instrumentation | Control Systems, Robotics and Automation | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Nervous System and Disorders | Neurosciences | Sensory Systems

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