Not sure if I'm in the right place but looking for first step guidance

[manwithoptions]

Hello everyone. Can you plead help me? I may have a few questions as I’m new to this but question is "does anyone know of a robot or program that can distinguish between hard and soft surfaces such as carpet and tile, tooth and skin or nail and finger, etc?
I’m sorry if it’s already out, I’m new and I don’t know where else to look. Actually don’t even know the correct terminology for these. Any assistance will be great. Thank You and Have a Blessed evening.

[manwithoptions]

sure, but please explaing what do you mean by content?

[manwithoptions]

oh okay, sorry I’m new to arena. Please forgive me if I sound too vague. I’m working on a patent so I can’t put it all out there but I’ll try to relate as best as possible.

I would like a robot to paint different surfaces. it will take the brush or nozzle and paint a designated area without touching an undesignated area. The trick is that each piece may differ in size, this is that reason I’m asking if it can tell the difference between surfaces and other things.

I hope that helps. Thank you in advance for helping me.

[manwithoptions]

hey thank you for the direction, I’ll update when I find it.

[manwithoptions]

Ok I found it, It’s called a texutre textile sensor. Now next question can you tell me where to ge it? Lol! I can’t find it online or here.

Thank you

[manwithoptions]

It does but mainly in research papers. I have seen it on some company’s sites that I will be contacting. Then I’ll report more.

[jfcote]

I think that by context, he meant what is the goal of the robot? What are you trying to achieve?

[cbenson]

That’s a head scratcher… you’d need to know what properties you are looking for; hardness (force sensor?), resonance (acoustic), breaking point etc. Can I ask what the context is? Perhaps that will help narrow it down.

[cbenson]

Correct. What are you trying to do and why? This will help us to better determine the technology you might consider.

[cbenson]

The LawnBott Spyder is the first lawn mower to be able to “distinguish” between grass and other surfaces based on the perceived moisture. However, when it comes down to it, it does not know what “grass” is; it only senses the moisture content and the program assumes the surface is OK to be cut. You’ll need to take an equally create solution to be able to differentiate between a wider variety of surfaces. You will likely need a variety of sensors (how you’ll differentiate between a tooth and a tile… beyond me at this point). Try to think of what properties differentiate surfaces (friction, stress / strain, color, heat absorption etc) and then see if there are sensors which can measure these.

[cbenson]

Hmm. Never heard of that one before, and an online search does not give any relevant results. Can you indicate where you heard about it?