tactile op• Data kinds: image → image
• Call: fullseye.apply(img, "tac_shear_field", a=0.5, b=0.5) (the 2-D model is one image plus two scalar knobs a,b∈[0,1])

*The figure is the real output on a synthetic 128×128 input. Left: input, right: output (a non-image return value is shown as the value itself).*
In-plane shear proxy from the 2-D structure tensor (Foerstner / Bigun-Granlund orientation coherence). The tensor `J = G_sigma(grad v * grad v^T) has eigenvalues l1 >= l2, and the coherence (l1-l2)/(l1+l2) = sqrt((J11-J22)^2 + 4*J12^2) / (J11+J22) is 1 where the gel texture is stretched into a single dominant orientation (as it is under tangential/shear load) and 0 where it is isotropic. The result is additionally weighted by the tensor trace (gradient energy) so that texture-free, un-contacted gel stays dark instead of amplifying noise orientation. a = tensor integration sigma (0.6..4.6), b` = output gain (0.5..2.5). Output clipped to [0,1], HxW; a constant frame has zero gradient energy and yields an all-zero shear field.
• Sample-data catalog (download URLs / licences) — 2-D uses skimage.data (BSD/public domain) plus synthetic images; 3-D lists download URLs for real data sources (Stanford, PDS, …).
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The program below has been verified to run (same input as the figure). In Studio's help this block becomes buttons that load and run it on the spot.
tac_shear_field 0.50 0.50
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• sim2real_and_alife — py -3.11 examples/sim2real_and_alife.py
image as input)identity · gaussian · mean_box · bilateral · unsharp · median · min_filter · max_filter
tactile)tac_contact_mask · tac_height_from_shading · tac_surface_normal · tac_pressure_proxy
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