12 papers
A-SLIP: Acoustic Sensing for Continuous In-hand Slip Estimation
Uksang Yoo, Yuemin Mao, Jean Oh +1
Reliable in-hand manipulation requires accurate real-time estimation of slip between a gripper and a grasped object. Existing tactile sensing approaches based on vision, capacitanc…
Functional Force-Aware Retargeting from Virtual Human Demos to Soft Robot Policies
Uksang Yoo, Mengjia Zhu, Evan Pezent +8
We introduce SoftAct, a framework for teaching soft robot hands to perform human-like manipulation skills by explicitly reasoning about contact forces. Leveraging immersive virtual…
SOFTMAP: Sim2Real Soft Robot Forward Modeling via Topological Mesh Alignment and Physics Prior
Ziyong Ma, Uksang Yoo, Jonathan Francis +3
While soft robot manipulators offer compelling advantages over rigid counterparts, including inherent compliance, safe human-robot interaction, and the ability to conform to comple…
DYMO-Hair: Generalizable Volumetric Dynamics Modeling for Robot Hair Manipulation
Chengyang Zhao, Uksang Yoo, Arkadeep Narayan Chaudhury +4
Hair care is an essential daily activity, yet it remains inaccessible to individuals with limited mobility and challenging for autonomous robot systems due to the fine-grained phys…
PneuGelSight: Soft Robotic Vision-Based Proprioception and Tactile Sensing
Ruohan Zhang, Uksang Yoo, Yichen Li +2
Soft pneumatic robot manipulators are popular in industrial and human-interactive applications due to their compliance and flexibility. However, deploying them in real-world scenar…
Visuo-Acoustic Hand Pose and Contact Estimation
Yuemin Mao, Uksang Yoo, Yunchao Yao +5
Accurately estimating hand pose and hand-object contact events is essential for robot data-collection, immersive virtual environments, and biomechanical analysis, yet remains chall…