4 papers
SuckTac: Camera-based Tactile Sucker for Unstructured Surface Perception and Interaction
Ruiyong Yuan, Jieji Ren, Zhanxuan Peng +2
Suckers are significant for robots in picking, transferring, manipulation and locomotion on diverse surfaces. However, most of the existing suckers lack high-fidelity perceptual an…
FreeTacMan: Robot-free Visuo-Tactile Data Collection System for Contact-rich Manipulation
Longyan Wu, Checheng Yu, Jieji Ren +5
Enabling robots with contact-rich manipulation remains a pivotal challenge in robot learning, which is substantially hindered by the data collection gap, including its inefficiency…
Look-to-Touch: A Vision-Enhanced Proximity and Tactile Sensor for Distance and Geometry Perception in Robotic Manipulation
Yueshi Dong, Jieji Ren, Zhenle Liu +4
Camera-based tactile sensors provide robots with a high-performance tactile sensing approach for environment perception and dexterous manipulation. However, achieving comprehensive…
Mechanics of soft-body rolling motion without external torque
Xudong Liang, Yimiao Ding, Zihao Yuan +9
The Drosophila larva, a soft-body animal, can bend its body and roll efficiently to escape danger. However, contrary to common belief, this rolling motion is not driven by the imba…