@Article{abderrahmane:tii:2020, author = {Abderrahmane, Zineb and Ganesh, Gowrishankar and Crosnier, Andr{\'e} and Cherubini, Andrea}, title = {A Deep Learning Framework for Tactile Recognition of Known as Well as Novel Objects.}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics}, year = {2020}, volume = {16}, number = {1}, pages = {123--432}, month = {January}, doi = {10.1109/TII.2019.2898264}, url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=\&arnumber=8637832}, keywords = {Convolutional neural networks, deep learning, generative adversarial networks (GANs), one-shot learning (OSL), tactile object recognition, zero-shot learning (ZSL)}, abstract = {This paper addresses the recognition of daily-life objects by a robot equipped with tactile sensors. The main contribution is a deep learning framework that can recognize objects already touched as well as objects never touched before. To this end, we train a deconvolutional neural network that generates synthetic tactile data for novel classes. Then, we use both these synthetic data and the real data collected by touching objects, to train a convolutional neural network to recognize both known (trained) objects and novel objects. Furthermore, we propose a method for integrating newly encountered data into novel classes. Finally, we evaluate the framework using the largest available dataset of tactile objects descriptions.}, publisher = {IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC}, address = {445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA} }