SBIR Phase I: A High-Resolution Digital Fingertip

SBIR 第一阶段：高分辨率数字指尖

• 批准号: 1747031
• 负责人: Micah Johnson
• 金额: $ 19.38万
• 依托单位: GelSight, Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1747031&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Resolution; Digital; Fingertip

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is to bring to the market a high-resolution digital fingertip: an easy-to-use, compact, and compliant sensor that will provide human-like tactile sensing. Such a sensor can be used to automate assembly tasks in next-generation factories, enable smart objects to understand their tactile environment, and equip scientists with a finger-like sensor for studying human touch. Industries have been transformed by the digitization of our auditory and visual worlds. A high-resolution digital fingertip will provide the mechanism for digitizing the tactile world leading to applications and technological developments that will touch many industries.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop a compact, compliant, and high-resolution tactile sensor based on GelSight elastomeric imaging technology. This project proposes a modular optical and illumination architecture for GelSight imaging that will create the appropriate conditions for 3D measurement in a compact package. The modular system can be tiled to cover a large field of view without increasing the device thickness. This effort will lead to new insight into illumination design for shading-based 3D measurement as well as optimizations to allow for real-time tactile information. The system will be coupled with a software development kit (SDK) that provides real-time tactile information, including contact locations, contact force and contact shape. The SDK will make the system accessible to researchers and engineers from other disciplines, which is essential for the successful commercialization of the technology. The high-resolution digital fingertip, together with the SDK, will provide a foundation for further exploration into digital touch as well as applications that benefit from tactile information.

该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是为市场带来高分辨率的数字指尖：一种易于使用，紧凑且兼容的传感器，将提供类似人类的触觉传感。这种传感器可用于下一代工厂的自动化装配任务，使智能物体能够理解其触觉环境，并为科学家提供用于研究人类触觉的手指传感器。我们的听觉和视觉世界的数字化已经改变了行业。高分辨率的数字指尖将为触觉世界的数字化提供机制，从而导致将触及许多行业的应用和技术发展。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将开发一种基于GelSight弹性成像技术的紧凑、兼容和高分辨率的触觉传感器。该项目提出了一种用于GelSight成像的模块化光学和照明架构，将在紧凑的封装中为3D测量创造适当的条件。模块化系统可以平铺以覆盖大视场而不增加设备厚度。这一努力将导致对基于阴影的3D测量的照明设计的新见解，以及允许实时触觉信息的优化。该系统将与软件开发工具包（SDK）相结合，提供实时触觉信息，包括接触位置，接触力和接触形状。SDK将使其他学科的研究人员和工程师能够访问该系统，这对于该技术的成功商业化至关重要。高分辨率数字指尖与SDK一起，将为进一步探索数字触摸以及受益于触觉信息的应用提供基础。