In the field of service robotics, robots serve and assist human beings. It is natural for humans to directly interact with the robot via tactile interfaces. This paper introduces...
Abstract-- This work aims at the development of a versatile control strategy for operating unknown mechanically constrained devices such as drawers or doors. Few assumptions on the...
Ewald Lutscher, Martin Lawitzky, Gordon Cheng, San...
—We have investigated the deformation of a soft fingertip when it slides. This process was first simulated using ANSYS software with non-linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA). B...
Van Anh Ho, Dzung Viet Dao, Susumu Sugiyama, Shini...
– A mobile in vivo camera robot was developed to provide the ability for a single port biopsy procedure. Such a robot can be inserted into the abdominal cavity through a standard...
Mark Rentschler, Jason Dumpert, Stephen Platt, Dmi...
Abstract— In the framework of physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI), methodologies and experimental tests are presented for the problem of detecting and reacting to collisions ...