Designing, fabricating, and analyzing the whisker sensor for autonomous surface defect detection

This paper presents a new bioinspired whisker sensor system tailored for surface defect detection. A rotational whisker sensor is designed and installed on a homemade wheeled robot, enabling active detection across a wide area. The sensor array is made of carbon fibers reinforced with polyepoxides and controlled by an ESP8266 microcontroller via Wi-Fi. The simulation investigation using Sim-Scape software indicates that adjusting dynamic parameters like frequency and response speed improves sensor performance. The study proposes that this approach proves effective in identifying surface anomaly, especially in noisy conditions.

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Whisker Sensor

Simulation

Autonomous Robot

Surface Defect

Frequency response

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006: Special computer methods

620.11: Engineering Materials

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Designing, fabricating, and analyzing the whisker sensor for autonomous surface defect detection