Grasping, carrying and placing of objects are the fundamental capabilities and common
operations for robots and robotic manipulators. Grippers are the most essential components …

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 …

This paper aims to provide a comprehensive survey of recent advancements in modelling
and autonomous manipulation of non-rigid objects. It first summarizes the recent advances …

In this paper, we present a new feedback method to automatically servo-control the 3-D
shape of soft objects with robotic manipulators. The soft object manipulation problem has …

This paper addresses the design of a vision-based method to automatically deform soft
objects into desired two-dimensional shapes with robot manipulators. The method presents …

Automatic cutting is an essential task in the field ofrobot-assisted surgery. In this article, a
novel vision-based cutting control algorithm is proposed to cut a deformable object along the …

Despite the recent progress in physically interactive and surgical robotics, the active
deformation of compliant objects remains an open problem. The main obstacle to its …

Autonomous manipulation of deformable objects is a research topic of increasing interest
due to the variety of current processes and applications that include this type of tasks. It is a …

Robotic manipulation of deformable objects has been a classic topic in robotics. Compared
to synthetic deformable objects such as rubber balls and clothes, biological cells are highly …

In this paper, we address the active deformation control of compliant objects by robot
manipulators. The control of deformations is needed to automate several important tasks, for …