Fusion of tactile and visual information in deep learning models for object recognition
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Multimodal fusion combines complementary information from sensor inputs such as vision, language, depth, LiDAR, and tactile data, improving perception, reasoning, and decision-making in robot vision systems.
“In contrast, multimodal fusion integrates complementary information from various sensor inputs (e.g., vision, language, depth, LiDAR, and tactile data), thereby enhancing the perception, reasoning, and decision-making capabilities of robot vision systems [4,5,6,7].”
From Multimodal fusion and vision–language models: A survey for robot vision (2026) · cites this paper as [7]
FusionNet-A combines tactile and visual features using 3D pooling and global average pooling for classification, improving object recognition and planning.
“FusionNet-A [7] combines tactile and visual features using 3D pooling and global average pooling for classification, improving object recognition and planning.”
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Multimodal fusion and vision–language models: A survey for robot vision
Han, X., Chen, S., Fu, Z., Feng, Z., Fan, L., An, D., Wang, C., Guo, L., Meng, W., Zhang, X., et al. (2026) · Information Fusion · doi:10.1016/j.inffus.2025.103652 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
“In contrast, multimodal fusion integrates complementary information from various sensor inputs (e.g., vision, language, depth, LiDAR, and tactile data), thereby enhancing the perception, reasoning, and decision-making capabilities of robot vision systems [4, 5, 6, 7].”
- Authors
- Babadian, R. P., Faez, K., Amiri, M., & Falotico, E.
- Affiliations
- Amirkabir University of Technology (IR)
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Amiri, Mahmood
- Venue
- Information Fusion
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-04
- Volume
- 92
- Pages
- 313-325
- ISSN
- 1566-2535 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4313201602
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 4
- FWCI
- 3.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Information Fusion (publishedVersion)
- CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Horizon 2020 (945539)
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Multimodal Machine Learning Applications
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Robot Manipulation and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Keywords
- tactile sensing, object recognition, feature-level fusion, decision fusion, dynamic neural network architecture, robot perception
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