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Abstract

A system may measure, store, and recall at least one tactile property of multiple objects. The system may include one or more biomimetic tactile sensors that have mechanical properties and sensor modalities that are similar to those of human fingertips. The system may perform at least one exploratory movement on one of the objects by moving the biomimetic tactile sensors over a surface of the object. The at least one exploratory movement may be of a type that a human would normally perform on the object to discern the at least one tactile property and may have one or more movement parameters. Each of the movement parameters may fall within a range of movement parameters that would normally be exhibited if a human performed the exploratory movement for the at least one tactile property. The system may determine and store a value of the at least one tactile property based on information provided by the biomimetic tactile sensors in response to the exploratory movement. The determining may use an analytical function that specifies a mathematical relationship between the value and the information provided by the biomimetic tactile sensors that is based on physical phenomena, rather than extracted from data sets by an adaptive algorithm. The system may repeat the same exploratory movement performance, the same determining the value using the same analytical function, and the same storing the determined value for each of the other objects.

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