6 papers
Communicative Efficiency of Single vs. Multi-Axis Robot Neck Motion
Chapa Sirithunge, Haewon Jeong, Qinghua Guan +2
Nonverbal communication through head and neck movement is fundamental to human social signalling, yet how robotic neck morphology translates motion into communicative information r…
Distributed Virtual Model Control for Scalable Human-Robot Collaboration in Shared Workspace
Yi Zhang, Omar Faris, Chapa Sirithunge +3
We present a decentralized, agent agnostic, and safety-aware control framework for human-robot collaboration based on Virtual Model Control (VMC). In our approach, both humans and…
Human Emotion-Mediated Soft Robotic Arts: Exploring the Intersection of Human Emotions, Soft Robotics and Arts
Saitarun Nadipineni, Chenhao Hong, Tanishtha Ramlall +4
Soft robotics has emerged as a versatile field with applications across various domains, from healthcare to industrial automation, and more recently, art and interactive installati…
Palpation Alters Auditory Pain Expressions with Gender-Specific Variations in Robopatients
Chapa Sirithunge, Yue Xie, Saitarun Nadipineni +2
Diagnostic errors remain a major cause of preventable mortality, particularly in resource limited settings. Medical training simulators, including robopatients, help reduce such er…
Auditory-Tactile Congruence for Synthesis of Adaptive Pain Expressions in RoboPatients
Saitarun Nadipineni, Chapa Sirithunge, Yue Xie +2
Misdiagnosis can result in delayed treatment and patient harm. Robotic patient simulators (robopatients) provide a controlled framework for training and evaluating clinicians in ra…
Embodied Manipulation with Past and Future Morphologies through an Open Parametric Hand Design
Kieran Gilday, Chapa Sirithunge, Fumiya Iida +1
A human-shaped robotic hand offers unparalleled versatility and fine motor skills, enabling it to perform a broad spectrum of tasks with precision, power and robustness. Across the…