3 papers
cs.RO2021
Material Classification Using Active Temperature Controllable Robotic Gripper
Yukiko Osawa, Kei Kase, Yukiyasu Domae +2
Recognition techniques allow robots to make proper planning and control strategies to manipulate various objects. Object recognition is more reliable when made by combining several…
eess.SY2021
Soft robotic shell with active thermal display
Yukiko Osawa, Yuho Kinbara, Masakazu Kageoka +2
Almost all robotic systems in use have hard shells, which is limiting in many ways their full potential of physical interaction with humans or their surrounding environment. Robots…
cs.HC2020
A Soft Robotic Cover with Dual Thermal Display and Sensing Capabilities
Yukiko Osawa, Abderrahmane Kheddar
We propose a new robotic cover prototype that achieves thermal display while also being soft. We focus on the thermal cue because previous human studies have identified it as part…