Humans perceive the world by interacting with objects, which often happens in a dynamic
way. For example, a human would shake a bottle to guess its content. However, it remains a …

What happens when artificial sensors are coupled with the human senses? Using
technology to extend the senses is an old human dream, on which sensory substitution and …

Robots operating in everyday environments need to effectively perceive, model, and infer
semantic properties of objects. Existing knowledge reasoning frameworks only model binary …

Solid particles, such as rice and coffee beans, are commonly stored in containers and are
ubiquitous in our daily lives. Understanding those particles' properties could help us make …

To overcome novel challenges in complex domestic environments, humanoid robots can
learn from human teachers. We propose that the capability for social interaction should be a …

Object recognition in containers is extremely difficult for robots. Dynamic audio signals are
more responsive to an object's internal property. Therefore, we adopt the dynamic contact …

From an early age, humans learn to develop an intuition for the physical nature of the
objects around them by using exploratory behaviors. Such exploration provides …

Tactile sensing has been increasingly utilized in robot control of unknown objects to infer
physical properties and optimize manipulation. However, there is limited understanding …

Robots are usually equipped with many different sensors that need to be integrated. While
most research is focused on the integration of vision with other senses, we successfully …

Vibration perception can help robots recognize their dynamic states to explore the
surrounding environment. However, the intrinsic stretchability of soft robots poses …