22 papers
Design and Evaluation of a Touchscreen-Based Teleoperation Interface for Robotic Manipulators
Juan José García Cárdenas, Alperen Kenan, Hamidreza Raei +4
Intuitive teleoperation interfaces are crucial for the safe and effective operation of robotic manipulators in challenging environments. In the nuclear industry, surface contact ta…
Postural Virtual Fixtures for Ergonomic Physical Interactions with Supernumerary Robotic Bodies
Theodora Kastritsi, Marta Lagomarsino, Arash Ajoudani
Conjoined collaborative robots, functioning as supernumerary robotic bodies (SRBs), can enhance human load tolerance abilities. However, in tasks involving physical interaction wit…
Just in time Informed Trees: Manipulability-Aware Asymptotically Optimized Motion Planning
Kuanqi Cai, Liding Zhang, Xinwen Su +6
In high-dimensional robotic path planning, traditional sampling-based methods often struggle to efficiently identify both feasible and optimal paths in complex, multi-obstacle envi…
Estimating Trust in Human-Robot Collaboration through Behavioral Indicators and Explainability
Giulio Campagna, Marta Lagomarsino, Marta Lorenzini +3
Industry 5.0 focuses on human-centric collaboration between humans and robots, prioritizing safety, comfort, and trust. This study introduces a data-driven framework to assess trus…
Information-Theoretic Detection of Bimanual Interactions for Dual-Arm Robot Plan Generation
Elena Merlo, Marta Lagomarsino, Arash Ajoudani
Programming by demonstration is a strategy to simplify the robot programming process for non-experts via human demonstrations. However, its adoption for bimanual tasks is an undere…
Intuitive Programming, Adaptive Task Planning, and Dynamic Role Allocation in Human-Robot Collaboration
Marta Lagomarsino, Elena Merlo, Andrea Pupa +5
Remarkable capabilities have been achieved by robotics and AI, mastering complex tasks and environments. Yet, humans often remain passive observers, fascinated but uncertain how to…