3 papers
cs.RO2025
Learning In-Hand Translation Using Tactile Skin With Shear and Normal Force Sensing
Jessica Yin, Haozhi Qi, Jitendra Malik +3
Recent progress in reinforcement learning (RL) and tactile sensing has significantly advanced dexterous manipulation. However, these methods often utilize simplified tactile signal…
cs.RO2025
Active Learning Design: Modeling Force Output for Axisymmetric Soft Pneumatic Actuators
Gregory M. Campbell, Gentian Muhaxheri, Leonardo Ferreira Guilhoto +4
Soft pneumatic actuators (SPA) made from elastomeric materials can provide large strain and large force. The behavior of locally strain-restricted hyperelastic materials under infl…
cs.RO2025
Microscopic Robots That Sense, Think, Act, and Compute
Maya M. Lassiter, Jungho Lee, Kyle Skelil +7
While miniaturization has been a goal in robotics for nearly 40 years, roboticists have struggled to access sub-millimeter dimensions without making sacrifices to on-board informat…