Grasp stability prediction with sim-to-real transfer from tactile sensing

Z Si, Z Zhu, A Agarwal, S Anderson… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot simulation has been an essential tool for data-driven manipulation tasks. However,
most existing simulation frameworks lack either efficient and accurate models of physical …

Learning in-hand translation using tactile skin with shear and normal force sensing

J Yin, H Qi, J Malik, J Pikul, M Yim… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Recent progress in reinforcement learning (RL) and tactile sensing has significantly
advanced dexterous manipulation. However, these methods often utilize simplified tactile …

Elastic tactile simulation towards tactile-visual perception

Y Wang, W Huang, B Fang, F Sun, C Li - Proceedings of the 29th ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Tactile sensing plays an important role in robotic perception and manipulation tasks. To
overcome the real-world limitations of data collection, simulating tactile response in a virtual …

Zero-shot sim-to-real transfer of tactile control policies for aggressive swing-up manipulation

T Bi, C Sferrazza, R D'Andrea - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter aims to show that robots equipped with a vision-based tactile sensor can perform
dynamic manipulation tasks without prior knowledge of all the physical attributes of the …

PhotoElasticFinger: robot tactile fingertip based on photoelastic effect

D Mukashev, N Zhuzbay, A Koshkinbayeva… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The sense of touch is fundamental for a one-to-one mapping between the environment and
a robot that physically interacts with the environment. Herein, we describe a tactile fingertip …

Tactile-based task definition through edge contact formation setpoints for object exploration and manipulation

Z Kappassov, JAC Ramon… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In autonomous robot tasks involving physical contacts with the environment, it is still
challenging to perform dexterous manipulation. Force control approaches and force sensors …

Integrating Point Spread Function into Taxel-based Tactile Pattern Super Resolution

B Wu, Q Liu - IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The past decade has witnessed the development of tactile sensors, which have been
increasingly considered as an essential equipment in robotics, especially the dexterous …

Comparisons of data-driven models for detecting slip occurrence and direction based on simulations of tactile sensing

H Wu, C Liu, J Ling, R Xu, J Shen - Transactions of the …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Slip detection based on tactile sensing plays a crucial role for a robot to achieving stable
grasps by promptly adjusting its grasping state. Detecting the occurrence of slippage has …

Elastic interaction of particles for robotic tactile simulation

Y Wang, W Huang, B Fang, F Sun - arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.11528, 2020 - arxiv.org
Tactile sensing plays an important role in robotic perception and manipulation. To overcome
the real-world limitations of data collection, simulating tactile response in virtual environment …

Crossing the Reality Gap in Tactile-Based Learning

YY Tsai, B Huang, Y Zheng, L Han, WW Lee… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Tactile sensors are believed to be essential in robotic manipulation, and prior works often
rely on experts to reason the sensor feedback and design a controller. With the recent …