3 papers
cs.RO2026
Reactive Exploration of Unknown Environments for Redundant Robots using Virtual Model Control
Alessio Canzolino, Omar Faris, Alessandro De Blasi +1
The exploration of confined, occluded, and partially known spaces poses significant challenges in robotic manipulation. The overall pose of the robotic arm must be carefully contro…
cs.RO2026
Distributed Virtual Model Control for Scalable Human-Robot Collaboration in Shared Workspace
Yi Zhang, Omar Faris, Chapa Sirithunge +3
We present a decentralized, agent agnostic, and safety-aware control framework for human-robot collaboration based on Virtual Model Control (VMC). In our approach, both humans and…
cs.RO2025
A Virtual Mechanical Interaction Layer Enables Resilient Human-to-Robot Object Handovers
Omar Faris, Sławomir Tadeja, Fulvio Forni
Object handover is a common form of interaction that is widely present in collaborative tasks. However, achieving it efficiently remains a challenge. We address the problem of ensu…