Journey from human hands to robot hands: biological inspiration of anthropomorphic robotic manipulators

MS Han, CK Harnett - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The development of robotic hands that can replicate the complex movements and dexterity
of the human hand has been a longstanding challenge for scientists and engineers. A …

Sar: Generalization of physiological agility and dexterity via synergistic action representation

C Berg, V Caggiano, V Kumar - Autonomous Robots, 2024 - Springer
Learning effective continuous control policies in high-dimensional systems, including
musculoskeletal agents, remains a significant challenge. Over the course of biological …

Robotic Fingers: Advancements, Challenges, and Future Directions-A Comprehensive Review

B Suthar, Y Abdulrahman, Y Zweiri - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This review provides a comprehensive analysis of recent advancements in the development
and applications of robotic fingers. The review focuses on four critical components …

Simultaneous optimization of discrete and continuous parameters defining a robot morphology and controller

R Koike, R Ariizumi, F Matsuno - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The morphology and controller design of robots is often a labor-intensive task performed by
experienced and intuitive engineers. Automatic robot design using machine learning is …

Densetact-mini: an optical tactile sensor for gras** multi-scale objects from flat surfaces

WK Do, AK Dhawan, M Kitzmann… - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dexterous manipulation, especially of small daily objects, continues to pose complex
challenges in robotics. This paper introduces the DenseTact-Mini, an optical tactile sensor …

Affordance segmentation using tiny networks for sensing systems in wearable robotic devices

E Ragusa, S Dosen, R Zunino… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Affordance segmentation is used to split object images into parts according to the possible
interactions, usually to drive safe robotic gras**. Most approaches to affordance …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand Prosthesis Developed for Children

P Medina-Coello, B Salvador-Domínguez, FJ Badesa… - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The use of both hands is a common practice in everyday life. The capacity to interact with the
environment is largely dependent on the ability to use both hands. A thorough review of the …

Human-in-the-Loop Robot Learning for Smart Manufacturing: A Human-Centric Perspective

H Chen, S Li, J Fan, A Duan, C Yang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot learning has attracted an ever-increasing attention by automating complex tasks,
reducing errors, and increasing production speed and flexibility, which leads to significant …

A bio-inspired robotic finger driven and shape-sensed by soft optical tendons

MS Han, JT Lin, CK Harnett - 2024 IEEE 7th International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nature-inspired robotic manipulators are an active research area because of their efficient
multi-functional integration. Of these mechanisms, the tendon-driven human finger is …