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BIOmimetic Technology for vibrissal ACtive Touch


Category

FP7 Project with U.S. partner

Short name and number

BIOTACT (215910)

Area

Information & communication technologies

Description

BIOTACT will develop novel biomimetic computational methods and technologies for active touch sensing. The project is inspired by the functionality, morphology, and neural processing architectures of biological sensory systems that use tactile hairs known as whiskers or vibrissae. It will focus on two animals that are tactile specialists- the Norwegian rat and the Etruscan shrew.

Participating Countries

France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Israel and Switzerland.

Name of US Partner

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Contact

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

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BILAT-USA (Grant Agreement no: 244434) and Link2US (Grant Agreement no: 244371) Projects are co-funded by the European Union’s Capacities Programme on International Cooperation under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Cooperation.