用物理仿真设计仿生触觉传感器,让机器人像生物一样感知触感。
SimTac: A Physics-Based Simulator for Vision-Based Tactile Sensing with Biomorphic Structures
- 基于粒子的形变建模+光场渲染,生成逼真触觉图像。
- 可模拟多种生物结构,支持触觉分类、滑动检测等任务。
- 适合做仿生触觉传感器研发,尤其关注形态与感知融合的团队。
生物体的触觉感知与其形态紧密相关,如人手指、猫爪和象鼻等复杂结构赋予其丰富且自适应的交互能力。相比之下,现有视觉触觉传感器多限于简单平面结构,仿生设计仍待深入。为此,我们提出SimTac——一个用于仿生触觉传感器设计与验证的物理仿真框架。该框架包含基于粒子的形变建模、用于生成逼真触觉图像的光场渲染,以及预测机械响应的神经网络,可在多种几何形状与材料下实现高效准确的仿真。我们通过设计并验证受生物结构启发的物理传感器原型,展示了SimTac的通用性,并在多个从仿真到现实(Sim2Real)的触觉任务中验证了其有效性,包括物体分类、滑动检测和接触安全评估。该框架弥合了生物启发设计与实际应用之间的差距,拓展了触觉传感器的设计空间,为实现融合形态与感知的鲁棒交互系统铺平道路。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Tactile sensing in biological organisms is deeply intertwined with morphological form, such as human fingers, cat paws, and elephant trunks, which enables rich and adaptive interactions through a variety of geometrically complex structures. In contrast, vision-based tactile sensors in robotics have been limited to simple planar geometries, with biomorphic designs remaining underexplored. To address this gap, we present SimTac, a physics-based simulation framework for the design and validation of biomorphic tactile sensors. SimTac consists of particle-based deformation modeling, light-field rendering for photorealistic tactile image generation, and a neural network for predicting mechanical responses, enabling accurate and efficient simulation across a wide range of geometries and materials. We demonstrate the versatility of SimTac by designing and validating physical sensor prototypes inspired by biological tactile structures and further demonstrate its effectiveness across multiple Sim2Real tactile tasks, including object classification, slip detection, and contact safety assessment. Our framework bridges the gap between bio-inspired design and practical realisation, expanding the design space of tactile sensors and paving the way for tactile sensing systems that integrate morphology and sensing to enable robust interaction in unstructured environments.
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