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The ‘sense of touch has been used as a layman term in Chap. 1. However, ‘sense of touch’ and ‘tactile sensing’ are not same. This chapter provides the definitions of various terms associated with the touch sense modality. Generally, the ‘sense of touch’ in robotics gets inspiration from humans. Thus, various terms associated with human sense of touch are presented first. Following this, the analogous terms for robotic applications are defined.
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Dahiya, R.S., Valle, M. (2013). Tactile Sensing: Definitions and Classification. In: Robotic Tactile Sensing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0579-1_2
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