Processing and Interaction in Robotics

Sensor science is a modern discipline which addresses issues, problems and solutions involving various facets of the phenomenon of perception of phenomena. Perception is oriented toward natural phenomena, both external and internal to man, moreover, perception is also oriented toward artifacts devised by man. In both cases any sensor device is itself an artifact that man has conceived and designed in order to substitute and to emulate his own sensory organs. The purpose of the paper is to present a perspective of sensor science oriented toward the emulation of man as a subject able to perform, firstly, interactive activities between himself, from one side, and the external world together with himself and other men, from the other side, and, secondly, intellectual functions driven by the sensorial aspects of interaction and directed to the actuatorial aspects of interaction. The paper, therefore, addresses the analysis of sensor science in relation with the most advanced artificial system, developed in the history of science by man in addressing the emulation of man, namely the robot. The global view, oriented to understand the relationship existing between the three hierarchically arranged disciplines of information science, robotics and informatics, from one side, and sensor science, from another side, is a very interesting arena for discussing in a novel approach the modern and dynamic outlook of sensor science.