6 papers
Mechanical problem solving in Goffin's cockatoos -- Towards modeling complex behavior
Manuel Baum, Theresa Roessler, Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró +2
Research continues to accumulate evidence that Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) can solve wide sets of mechanical problems, such as tool use, tool manufacture, and solving m…
Leveraging Uncertainty in Collective Opinion Dynamics with Heterogeneity
Vito Mengers, Mohsen Raoufi, Oliver Brock +2
Natural and artificial collectives exhibit heterogeneities across different dimensions, contributing to the complexity of their behavior. We investigate the effect of two such hete…
In-Hand Cube Reconfiguration: Simplified
Sumit Patidar, Adrian Sieler, Oliver Brock
We present a simple approach to in-hand cube reconfiguration. By simplifying planning, control, and perception as much as possible, while maintaining robust and general performance…
Dexterous Soft Hands Linearize Feedback-Control for In-Hand Manipulation
Adrian Sieler, Oliver Brock
This paper presents a feedback-control framework for in-hand manipulation (IHM) with dexterous soft hands that enables the acquisition of manipulation skills in the real-world with…
Passive and Active Acoustic Sensing for Soft Pneumatic Actuators
Vincent Wall, Gabriel Zöller, Oliver Brock
We propose a sensorization method for soft pneumatic actuators that uses an embedded microphone and speaker to measure different actuator properties. The physical state of the actu…
A Virtual 2D Tactile Array for Soft Actuators Using Acoustic Sensing
Vincent Wall, Oliver Brock
We create a virtual 2D tactile array for soft pneumatic actuators using embedded audio components. We detect contact-specific changes in sound modulation to infer tactile informati…