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 …

Walking animals produce adaptive interlimb coordination during locomotion in accordance
with their situation. Interlimb coordination is generated through the dynamic interactions of …

We present a scene representation that brings vision and touch into a shared 3D space
which we call a tactile-augmented radiance field. This representation capitalizes on two key …

In this work, we show how to learn a visual walking policy that only uses a monocular RGB
camera and proprioception. Since simulating RGB is hard, we necessarily have to learn …

Mars exploration significantly advances our understanding of planetary evolution, the origin
of life, and possibilities for Earth's future. It also holds potential for discovering new mineral …

For small legged robots, ground contact interactions significantly affect the dynamics and
locomotion performance. In this article, we designed thin, robust capacitive tactile sensors …

The regular inspection of sewer systems is essential to assess the level of degradation and
to plan maintenance work. Currently, human inspectors must walk through sewers and use …

This paper describes a walking robot controller for negotiation of terrains with different
traction characteristics. The feedback is based on three perception systems. The purpose of …

Planetary exploration robots encounter challenging terrain during operation. Vision-based
approaches have failed to reliably predict soil characteristics in the past, making it necessary …

Collaborative Robots need to read the surfaces they are walking on to keep their dynamic
equilibrium, regardless of whether the ground is flat or uneven. Although accelerometers are …