The realm of textiles spans clothing, households, healthcare, sports, and industrial
applications. The deformable nature of these objects poses unique challenges that prior …

We present a survey of recent work on robot manipulation and sensing of deformable
objects, a field with relevant applications in diverse industries such as medicine (eg surgical …

Autonomous robots have the potential to serve as versatile caregivers that improve quality of
life for millions of people worldwide. Yet, conducting research in this area presents …

Manipulating cloth-like deformable objects (CDOs) is a long-standing problem in the
robotics community. CDOs are flexible (non-rigid) objects that do not show a detectable level …

Eating is an essential activity of daily living (ADL) for staying healthy and living at home
independently. Although numerous assistive devices have been introduced, many people …

Robot-assisted dressing offers an opportunity to benefit the lives of many people with
disabilities, such as some older adults. However, robots currently lack common sense about …

Robotic solutions to dressing assistance have the potential to provide tremendous support
for elderly and disabled people. However, unexpected user movements may lead to …

We investigated the application of haptic feedback control and deep reinforcement learning
(DRL) to robot-assisted dressing. Our method uses DRL to simultaneously train human and …

Activities of daily living (ADLs) are important for quality of life. Robotic assistance offers the
opportunity for people with disabilities to perform ADLs on their own. However, when a …

Healthcare robots will be the next big advance in humans' domestic welfare, with robots able
to assist elderly people and users with disabilities. However, each user has his/her own …