The whickers sweep back and forth while the torque on the base of each whicker is measured.

Whiskers can be used by robots to help find their way around on other planets, under water or just working around people.
The example they use shows the sensor array sweeping across a face and showing the details. I hope they don't plan to use a face-sweeping robot on people. It looks like it would tickle.
Robot whiskers sense shapes and textures - tech - 04 October 2006 - New Scientist Tech
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