A review of tactile information: Perception and action through touch

Q Li, O Kroemer, Z Su, FF Veiga… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tactile sensing is a key sensor modality for robots interacting with their surroundings. These
sensors provide a rich and diverse set of data signals that contain detailed information …

What is robotics? Why do we need it and how can we get it?

DE Koditschek - Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Robotics is an emerging synthetic science concerned with programming work. Robot
technologies are quickly advancing beyond the insights of the existing science. More secure …

Flexible fringe effect capacitive sensors with simultaneous high‐performance contact and non‐contact sensing capabilities

SRA Ruth, VR Feig, M Kim, Y Khan, JK Phong… - Small …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To mimic human touch sensing, robotics must be able to leverage multiple sensory inputs.
Previously, to achieve both proximity and pressure sensing, most approaches have required …

Ultra-stable and tough bioinspired crack-based tactile sensor for small legged robots

T Kim, I Hong, M Kim, S Im, Y Roh, C Kim, J Lim… - npj Flexible …, 2023 - nature.com
For legged robots, collecting tactile information is essential for stable posture and efficient
gait. However, mounting sensors on small robots weighing less than 1 kg remain challenges …

Tactile Sensing and Rendering Patch with Dynamic and Static Sensing and Haptic Feedback for Immersive Communication

M Liu, Z Dai, Y Zhao, H Ling, L Sun, C Lee… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Wearable human–machine interface (HMI) with bidirectional and multimodal tactile
information exchange is of paramount importance in teleoperation by providing more …

Get a grip: Inward dactyl motions improve efficiency of sideways-walking gait for an amphibious crab-like robot

NM Graf, JE Grezmak, KA Daltorio - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Crabs are adept at traversing natural terrains that are challenging for mobile robots. Curved
dactyls are a characteristic feature that engage terrain in order to resist wave forces in surf …

Pressing and rubbing: physics-informed features facilitate haptic terrain classification for legged robots

L Ding, P Xu, Z Li, R Zhou, H Gao… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-geometric hazards like sinkage and slip**, correlated to terrain categories, have an
apparent effect on the locomotion of legged robots. Tactile-based terrain classification is a …

SenSnake: A snake robot with contact force sensing for studying locomotion in complex 3-D terrain

D Ramesh, Q Fu, C Li - 2022 International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite advances in a diversity of environments, snake robots are still far behind snakes in
traversing complex 3-D terrain with large obstacles. This is due to a lack of understanding of …

Omni-Roach: A legged robot capable of traversing multiple types of large obstacles and self-righting

J Mi, Y Wang, C Li - 2022 International Conference on Robotics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots excel at avoiding obstacles but struggle to traverse complex 3-D terrain with
cluttered large obstacles. By contrast, insects like cockroaches excel at doing so. Recent …

Humanoid locomotion and manipulation: Current progress and challenges in control, planning, and learning

Z Gu, J Li, W Shen, W Yu, Z **e, S McCrory… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Humanoid robots have great potential to perform various human-level skills. These skills
involve locomotion, manipulation, and cognitive capabilities. Driven by advances in machine …