A review on sensory perception for dexterous robotic manipulation

Z Xia, Z Deng, B Fang, Y Yang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Sensory perception for dexterous robotic hands is an active research area and recent
progress in robotics. Effective dexterous manipulation requires robotic hands to accurately …

Learning physical characteristics like animals for legged robots

P Xu, L Ding, Z Li, H Yang, Z Wang, H Gao… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Physical characteristics of terrains, such as softness and friction, provide essential
information for legged robots to avoid non-geometric obstacles, like mires and slippery …

Pressing and rubbing: physics-informed features facilitate haptic terrain classification for legged robots

L Ding, P Xu, Z Li, R Zhou, H Gao… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-geometric hazards like sinkage and slipping, correlated to terrain categories, have an
apparent effect on the locomotion of legged robots. Tactile-based terrain classification is a …

Thermal spread functions (tsf): Physics-guided material classification

A Dashpute, V Saragadam… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Robust and non-destructive material classification is a challenging but crucial first-step in
numerous vision applications. We propose a physics-guided material classification …

Navigating by touch: haptic Monte Carlo localization via geometric sensing and terrain classification

R Buchanan, J Bednarek, M Camurri, MR Nowicki… - Autonomous …, 2021 - Springer
Legged robot navigation in extreme environments can hinder the use of cameras and lidar
due to darkness, air obfuscation or sensor damage, whereas proprioceptive sensing will …

Haptr2: Improved haptic transformer for legged robots' terrain classification

M Bednarek, MR Nowicki, K Walas - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
The haptic terrain classification is an essential component of a mobile walking robot control
system, ensuring proper gait adaptation to the changing environmental conditions. In …

[HTML][HTML] Material classification via embedded rf antenna array and machine learning for intelligent mobile robots

NS Ahmad, P Goh - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, we present a novel design for an embedded Radio Frequency (RF) antenna
array that can distinguish various materials by analyzing changes in Received Signal …

Multimodal unknown surface material classification and its application to physical reasoning

J Wei, S Cui, J Hu, P Hao, S Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unknown surface material classification (SMC) can inform a robot about material properties,
enabling it to interact with environments appropriately. Recent research has leveraged …

Fast haptic terrain classification for legged robots using transformer

M Bednarek, M Łysakowski, J Bednarek… - … on Mobile Robots …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The haptic terrain classification is an essential component of a mobile walking robot control
system, ensuring proper gait adaptation to the changing environmental conditions. In this …

Semi-supervised gated recurrent neural networks for robotic terrain classification

A Ahmadi, T Nygaard, N Kottege… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Legged robots are popular candidates for missions in challenging terrains due to their
versatile locomotion strategies. Terrain classification is a key enabling technology for …