Publications

Brayshaw, G., Ward-Cherrier, B., & Pearson, M. J., 2024. Simultaneous Velocity and Texture Classification from a Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor Using Spiking Neural Networks. Electronics, 13(11), 2159.

Bulens, D. C., Lepora, N. F., Redmond, S. J., & Ward-Cherrier, B., 2023, October. Incipient Slip Detection with a Biomimetic Skin Morphology. In 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 8972-8978). IEEE.

Brayshaw, G., Ward-Cherrier, B. and Pearson, M., 2022, March. Temporal and spatio-temporal domains for neuromorphic tactile texture classification. In Proceedings of the 2022 Annual Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements Conference (pp. 50-57).

Macdonald, F.L., Lepora, N.F., Conradt, J. and Ward-Cherrier, B., 2022. Neuromorphic tactile edge orientation classification in an unsupervised spiking neural network. Sensors, 22(18), p.6998.

Smith, A., Ward-Cherrier, B., Etoundi, A., & Pearson, M. J., 2022, February. Evaluating multi-channel vibrational feedback arrays in a digit discrimination task. In 2022 International Symposium on Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering (ISEEIE) (pp. 202-207). IEEE.

Smith, A., Ward-Cherrier, B., Etoundi, A., & Pearson, M. J., 2022, October. Feeling the pressure: The influence of vibrotactile patterns on feedback perception. In 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 634-640). IEEE.

Lepora, N.F., Ford, C., Stinchcombe, A., Brown, A., Lloyd, J., Catalano, M.G., Bianchi, M. and Ward-Cherrier, B., 2021, May. Towards integrated tactile sensorimotor control in anthropomorphic soft robotic hands. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp. 1622-1628). IEEE.

Elkington, M., Almas, E., Ward-Cherrier, B., Pestell, N., Lloyd, J., Ward, C., & Lepora, N.,2021. Real time defect detection during composite layup via Tactile Shape Sensing. Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, 28(1), 1-10.

Ward-Cherrier, B., Conradt, J., Catalano, M. G., Bianchi, M., & Lepora, N. F., 2020, October. A miniaturised neuromorphic tactile sensor integrated with an anthropomorphic robot hand. In 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 9883-9889). IEEE.

Ward-Cherrier, B., Pestell, N., & Lepora, N. F., 2020, May. Neurotac: A neuromorphic optical tactile sensor applied to texture recognition. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp. 2654-2660). IEEE.

Ward-Cherrier, B., Pestell, N., Cramphorn, L., Winstone, B., Giannaccini, M. E., Rossiter, J., & Lepora, N. F., 2018. The tactip family: Soft optical tactile sensors with 3d-printed biomimetic morphologies. Soft robotics, 5(2), 216-227.

Ward-Cherrier, B., Rojas, N., & Lepora, N. F., 2017. Model-free precise in-hand manipulation with a 3d-printed tactile gripper. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(4), 2056-2063.

Ward-Cherrier, B., Cramphorn, L., & Lepora, N. F., 2017. Exploiting sensor symmetry for generalized tactile perception in biomimetic touch. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(2), 1218-1225.

Cramphorn, L., Ward-Cherrier, B., & Lepora, N. F., 2017. Addition of a biomimetic fingerprint on an artificial fingertip enhances tactile spatial acuity. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(3), 1336-1343.

Ward-Cherrier, B., Cramphorn, L., & Lepora, N. F., 2016. Tactile manipulation with a TacThumb integrated on the open-hand M2 gripper. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1(1), 169-175.

Lepora, N. F., & Ward-Cherrier, B., 2016. Tactile quality control with biomimetic active touch. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1(2), 646-652.

Cramphorn, L., Ward-Cherrier, B., & Lepora, N. F., 2016, May. Tactile manipulation with biomimetic active touch. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp. 123-129). IEEE.

Lepora, N. F., & Ward-Cherrier, B., 2015. Superresolution with an optical tactile sensor. In 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 2686-2691). IEEE.