4 papers
Unified Structural-Hydrodynamic Modeling of Underwater Underactuated Mechanisms and Soft Robots
Chenrui Zhang, Yiyuan Zhang, Yunfei Ye +3
Underwater robots are widely deployed for ocean exploration and manipulation. Underactuated mechanisms are advantageous in aquatic environments because reducing actuator count lowe…
Physical Human-Robot Interaction for Grasping in Augmented Reality via Rigid-Soft Robot Synergy
Huishi Huang, Jack Klusmann, Haozhe Wang +9
Hybrid rigid-soft robots combine the precision of rigid manipulators with the compliance and adaptability of soft arms, offering a promising approach for versatile grasping in unst…
URPlanner: A Universal Paradigm For Collision-Free Robotic Motion Planning Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning
Fengkang Ying, Hanwen Zhang, Haozhe Wang +2
Collision-free motion planning for redundant robot manipulators in complex environments is yet to be explored. Although recent advancements at the intersection of deep reinforcemen…
Grasping by Spiraling: Reproducing Elephant Movements with Rigid-Soft Robot Synergy
Huishi Huang, Haozhe Wang, Chongyu Fang +8
The logarithmic spiral is observed as a common pattern in several living beings across kingdoms and species. Some examples include fern shoots, prehensile tails, and soft limbs lik…