PaLmTac: A vision-based tactile sensor leveraging distributed-modality design and modal-matching recognition for soft hand perception

S Zhang, Y Yang, J Shan, F Sun… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a vision-based tactile sensor (VBTS) embedded into the soft hand
palm, named PaLmTac. We adopt a distributed modality design instead of overlaying …

Tac-Man: Tactile-informed prior-free manipulation of articulated objects

Z Zhao, Y Li, W Li, Z Qi, L Ruan, Y Zhu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrating robots into human-centric environments such as homes, necessitates advanced
manipulation skills as robotic devices will need to engage with articulated objects such as …

A soft skin with self-decoupled three-axis force-sensing taxels

Y Yan, A Zermane, J Pan, A Kheddar - Nature Machine Intelligence, 2024‏ - nature.com
Electronic skins integrating both normal and shear force per taxel have a wide range of
applications across diverse fields, including robotics, haptics and health monitoring. Current …

Sequential manipulation planning for over-actuated unmanned aerial manipulators

Y Su, J Li, Z Jiao, M Wang, C Chu, H Li… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We investigate the sequential manipulation planning problem for unmanned aerial
manipulators (UAMs). Unlike prior work that primarily focuses on one-step manipulation …

[HTML][HTML] Sensorless robotized cable contour following and connector detection

A Monguzzi, AM Zanchettin, P Rocco - Mechatronics, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the identification of the connector of a semi-deformable object
(SDLO)(ie a deformable element as a cable featuring rigid parts as connectors) to perform …

Part-level scene reconstruction affords robot interaction

Z Zhang, L Zhang, Z Wang, Z Jiao… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Existing methods for reconstructing interactive scenes primarily focus on replacing
reconstructed objects with CAD models retrieved from a limited database, resulting in …

Large-scale deployment of vision-based tactile sensors on multi-fingered grippers

M Wang, W Li, H Liang, B Li, K Althoefer… - 2024 IEEE/RSJ …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vision-based Tactile Sensors (VBTSs) show significant promise in that they can leverage
image measurements to provide high-spatial-resolution human-like performance. However …

MiniTac: An Ultra-Compact 8 mm Vision-Based Tactile Sensor for Enhanced Palpation in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

W Li, Z Zhao, L Cui, W Zhang, H Liu… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS) provides substantial benefits over
traditional open and laparoscopic methods. However, a significant limitation of robot …

A compact fingertip-shaped visuo-tactile sensor for manipulator adaptive gras** control

S Zhang, Y Sun, S Zuo, F Sun, H Liu, Y Yang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Tactile feedback facilitates monitoring and adjusting the contact state by the manipulator, but
operational compliance with the object's physical properties remains challenging. This …

3D force identification and prediction using deep learning based on a Gelsight-structured sensor

Z Lu, Z Liu, X Zhang, Y Liang, Y Dong… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The mechanics perception of human surface cells is very important for humans to grasp
objects. However, most of the mainstream sensors are based on electronic principles, and …