Acquiring photos and videos has become a new norm in construction and building projects.
However, imagery data is not utilized effectively due to the shortage of required skillsets in …

The growing environmental concerns have emerged the necessity of sustainable waste
management of construction and demolition (C&D) wastes. This review explores the …

Avoidance is a necessary capability for a mobile robot to perform tasks, such as delivering
objects in household or industrial scenarios. The existing avoidance strategy based on …

Animals have long captured the inspirations of researchers in robotics with their unrivaled
capabilities of multimodal locomotion on land and in water, achieved by functionally …

Soft robotic grippers have attracted considerable attention in terms of the advantages of the
high compliance and robustness to variance in object geometry; however, they are still …

Robotic grasp in complex open-world scenarios requires an effective and generalizable
perception. Estimating object's pose is needed in a variety of practical gras** scenarios …

A lot of objects commonly found in industrial and household environments are represented
by cylindrical shapes (flange plates) and ellipsoids (oranges). The visual tops of cylindrical …

The ability of understanding a scene and predicting the pose of objects has attracted
significant interests in recent years. Specifically, it is used with visual sensors to provide the …

We propose a parallel massage robot with compliant joints based on the series elastic
actuator (SEA), offering a unified force-position control approach. First, the kinematic and …

Robots gras** objects are critical capabilities in warehouse environments and industrial
settings. A robotic grasp generally occurs in a scenario where it is unfeasible for a worker to …