[HTML][HTML] Active haptic perception in robots: a review

L Seminara, P Gastaldo, SJ Watt, KF Valyear… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the past few years a new scenario for robot-based applications has emerged. Service and
mobile robots have opened new market niches. Also, new frameworks for shop-floor robot …

Coarse-to-fine UAV target tracking with deep reinforcement learning

W Zhang, K Song, X Rong, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aspect ratio of a target changes frequently during an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
tracking task, which makes the aerial tracking very challenging. Traditional trackers struggle …

From pixels to percepts: Highly robust edge perception and contour following using deep learning and an optical biomimetic tactile sensor

NF Lepora, A Church, C De Kerckhove… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep learning has the potential to have same the impact on robot touch as it has had on
robot vision. Optical tactile sensors act as a bridge between the subjects by allowing …

Adaptive Bayesian inference system for recognition of walking activities and prediction of gait events using wearable sensors

U Martinez-Hernandez, AA Dehghani-Sanij - Neural Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel approach for recognition of walking activities and gait events with
wearable sensors is presented. This approach, called adaptive Bayesian inference system …

Exploratory tactile servoing with active touch

NF Lepora, K Aquilina… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A key unsolved problem in tactile robotics is how to combine tactile perception and control to
interact robustly and intelligently with the surroundings. Here, we focus on a prototypical task …

Pose-and-shear-based tactile servoing

J Lloyd, NF Lepora - The International Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Tactile servoing is an important technique because it enables robots to manipulate objects
with precision and accuracy while adapting to changes in their environments in real-time …

Simultaneous Bayesian recognition of locomotion and gait phases with wearable sensors

U Martinez-Hernandez, I Mahmood… - IEEE Sensors …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recognition of movement is a crucial process to assist humans in activities of daily living,
such as walking. In this work, a high-level method for the simultaneous recognition of …

[HTML][HTML] Human-in-the-loop layered architecture for control of a wearable ankle–foot robot

U Martinez-Hernandez, S Firouzy, P Mehryar… - Robotics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intelligent wearable robotics is a promising approach for the development of devices that
can interact with people and assist them in daily activities. This work presents a novel …

A tactile-based framework for active object learning and discrimination using multimodal robotic skin

M Kaboli, D Feng, K Yao, P Lanillos… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we propose a complete probabilistic tactile-based framework to enable robots
to autonomously explore unknown workspaces and recognize objects based on their …

AM-SGCN: Tactile object recognition for adaptive multichannel spiking graph convolutional neural networks

J Yang, T Liu, Y Ren, Q Hou, S Li, J Hu - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, event-driven tactile data learning and event-driven spiking neural network
(SNN) characteristics have provided new methods for tactile event perception. However, it is …