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For robots, tactile perception is a key function utilized to obtain information from environment. Unlike vision sensors, tactile sensors can directly measure various physical properties of objects and the environment. Similarly, humans also use touch sensory receptors as an important approach to perceive and interact with the environment. In this chapter, a detailed discussion associated with tactile object recognition is presented. Current studies on tactile object recognition are divided into three sub-categories, and detailed analyses are provided. In addition, some advanced topics such as visual–tactile fusion, exploratory procedure, and datasets are discussed.

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    https://www.amazonrobotics.com/site/binaries/content/assets/amazonrobotics/pdfs/2015-apc-summary.pdf.

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    This image is adopted from the website http://robohub.org/team-rbo-from-berlin-wins-amazon-picking-challenge-convincingly/.

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    http://www.rhgm.org/activities/competition_iros2016/competition_iros_summary.pdf.

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    https://roboticsenseoftouchws.wordpress.com/.

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    https://sites.google.com/view/rss17ts/overview.

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    https://sites.google.com/site/iros17softhaptic/.

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