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Each small-angle \u201ctap\u201d of the whisker provides information about the radial distance between the base of the whisker and the object. By tapping at various points on the object, a full representation of the surface can be gradually constructed in three-dimensional space. It is clear, however, that this tapping method does not exploit useful information about object contours that could be extracted by \u201csweeping\u201d the whisker against the object. Rotating the whisker against the object through a large angle permits the collection of a sequence of contact points as the whisker slips along the surface. The present paper derives an algorithm based on a numerical cantilever beam model of the whisker to measure object profile shape over a single large-angle whisker rotation using only information about torque and angle at the whisker base. The algorithm is validated experimentally using three different object shapes. 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