Seal and Sea lion Whiskers Detect Slips of Vortices Similar as Rats Sense Textures
- Submitting institution
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City, University of London
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 455
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41598-019-49243-5
- Title of journal
- Scientific Reports
- Article number
- 12808
- First page
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- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41598-019-49243-5/MediaObjects/41598_2019_49243_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The first-ever discovery of how animal’s sensory whiskers response dynamically to the passage of vortices in a detailed study with artificial whiskers and 3D printed seal body. It opened the door for a novel interpretation of the similarity between the neural processing of whisker signals in pinnipeds and rodents, though completely different species. It paved the way to the development of artificial whisker sensors, which can be used for under-water sensing and erosion monitoring. New new research on sensors in river beds and at the shore coast for monitoring larger flow events at the bed is underway.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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