Description of impact
As the demand for autonomous robots to flexibly and adaptively interact with the physical world grows, the need for advanced robot skin to sense and respond to dynamic physical contact becomes critical. The Tactile Sensing and Robotic Skin Group focuses on advancing the understanding of mechanical energy transfer through contact on robotic skin by integrating theoretical models and empirical data. Our research aims to develop tactile sensing and perception technologies that enable robots to intelligently interpret and respond to touch, enabling more efficient interactions in diverse environments.Advancing tactile sensing and robotic skin technologies to enable intelligent, adaptive robot interactions with dynamic physical environments, including prosthetics and rehabilitation robots, collaborative robots, construction robots, humanoid social robots
Humans excel at using body surfaces for handling contact, but most autonomous systems lack this ability, despite its potential in applications such as manipulating heavy objects or navigating unstructured spaces. The development of advanced robotic skin for sensing and responding to dynamic contact is crucial. Physical contact with robots is spatial-temporal and multi-modal, occurring at arbitrary locations and transferring various forms of mechanical energy. Understanding this contact through sensor signals is a challenging inverse problem. However, advancing these insights is essential for developing tactile sensing and robotic skin technologies, enabling robots to handle complex tasks and assist humans in demanding environments.
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