Artificial Skin Ridges Enhance Local Tactile Shape Discrimination.docVIP

Sensors 2011, 11, 8626-8642; doi:10.3390/s110908626 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Artificial Skin Ridges Enhance Local Tactile Shape Discrimination Saba Salehi, John-John Cabibihan * and Shuzhi Sam Ge Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117576 Singapore; E-Mails: saba.salehi@ (S.S.); samge@.sg (S.S.G.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: elecjj@.sg; Tel.: +65-6516-7916; Fax: +65-6779-1103. Received: 9 August 2011; in revised form: 31 August 2011 / Accepted: 2 Sept