3 papers
cs.RO2026
TACTFUL: Tactile-Driven Exploration For Object Localization and Identification in Confined Environments
Shivani Kamtikar, Chung Hee Kim, Camilla Tabasso +3
Humans effortlessly locate and identify objects by touch alone, even without vision. In contrast, robotic systems rely heavily on vision and struggle with autonomous tactile explor…
cs.RO2026
Grasp, Slide, Roll: Comparative Analysis of Contact Modes for Tactile-Based Shape Reconstruction
Chung Hee Kim, Shivani Kamtikar, Tye Brady +2
Tactile sensing allows robots to gather detailed geometric information about objects through physical interaction, complementing vision-based approaches. However, efficiently acqui…
cs.RO2025
ViTa-Zero: Zero-shot Visuotactile Object 6D Pose Estimation
Hongyu Li, James Akl, Srinath Sridhar +2
Object 6D pose estimation is a critical challenge in robotics, particularly for manipulation tasks. While prior research combining visual and tactile (visuotactile) information has…