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Transfer of objects between humans and robots is a critical capability for collaborative robots. Although there has been a recent surge of interest in human-robot handovers, most prior research focus on robot-to-human handovers. Further,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-16 Wei Yang , Chris Paxton , Maya Cakmak , Dieter Fox

Robot-to-human object handover is an important step in many human robot collaboration tasks. A successful handover requires the robot to maintain a stable grasp on the object while making sure the human receives the object in a natural and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Zixi Wang , Zeyi Liu , Nicolas Ouporov , Shuran Song

Human-robot object handovers have been an actively studied area of robotics over the past decade; however, very few techniques and systems have addressed the challenge of handing over diverse objects with arbitrary appearance, size, shape,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-07 Wei Yang , Chris Paxton , Arsalan Mousavian , Yu-Wei Chao , Maya Cakmak , Dieter Fox

We present an approach for safe and object-independent human-to-robot handovers using real time robotic vision and manipulation. We aim for general applicability with a generic object detector, a fast grasp selection algorithm and by using…

In this work, we propose a gesture based language to allow humans to interact with robots using their body in a natural way. We have created a new gesture detection model using neural networks and a custom dataset of humans performing a set…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Javier Laplaza , Joan Jaume Oliver , Ramón Romero , Alberto Sanfeliu , Anaís Garrell

Robot-to-human object handover is an essential skill for robot assistants, from serving drinks at home to passing surgical tools in the operating room. We expect robots to perform handover robustly -- to release the object only after a firm…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Linfeng Li , Lin Shao , David Hsu

In recent years robots have become an important part of our day-to-day lives with various applications. Human-robot interaction creates a positive impact in the field of robotics to interact and communicate with the robots. Gesture…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-11 Sajjad Hussain , Khizer Saeed , Almas Baimagambetov , Shanay Rab , Md Saad

Human-robot collaboration (HRC) relies on accurate and timely recognition of human intentions to ensure seamless interactions. Among common HRC tasks, human-to-robot object handovers have been studied extensively for planning the robot's…

This article surveys the literature on human-robot object handovers. A handover is a collaborative joint action where an agent, the giver, gives an object to another agent, the receiver. The physical exchange starts when the receiver first…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-10 Valerio Ortenzi , Akansel Cosgun , Tommaso Pardi , Wesley Chan , Elizabeth Croft , Dana Kulic

We propose a novel system for robot-to-human object handover that emulates human coworker interactions. Unlike most existing studies that focus primarily on grasping strategies and motion planning, our system focus on 1. inferring human…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-06 Hanxin Zhang , Abdulqader Dhafer , Zhou Daniel Hao , Hongbiao Dong

Human-robot teaming (HRT) systems often rely on large-scale datasets of human and robot interactions, especially for close-proximity collaboration tasks such as human-robot handovers. Learning robot manipulation policies from raw,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Yuekun Wu , Yik Lung Pang , Andrea Cavallaro , Changjae Oh

This paper proposes an interactive system for mobile devices controlled by hand gestures aimed at helping people with visual impairments. This system allows the user to interact with the device by making simple static and dynamic hand…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-27 Samer Alashhab , Antonio Javier Gallego , Miguel Ángel Lozano

We present a robot-to-human object handover algorithm and implement it on a 7-DOF arm equipped with a 3-finger mechanical hand. The system performs a fully autonomous and robust object handover to a human receiver in real-time. Our…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Mohammadhadi Mohandes , Behnam Moradi , Kamal Gupta , Mehran Mehrandezh

We propose a set of communicative gestures and develop a gesture recognition system with the aim of facilitating more intuitive Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) through gestures. First, we propose a set of commands commonly used for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-22 Jia Chuan A. Tan , Wesley P. Chan , Nicole L. Robinson , Elizabeth A. Croft , Dana Kulic

We propose a new technique for recognition of dumb person hand gesture in real world environment. In this technique, the hand image containing the gesture is preprocessed and then hand region is segmented by convergent the RGB color image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-01 Muhammad Asim Khan , Lan Hong , Sajjad Ahmed

Handovers are basic yet sophisticated motor tasks performed seamlessly by humans. They are among the most common activities in our daily lives and social environments. This makes mastering the art of handovers critical for a social and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-06 Parag Khanna , Mårten Björkman , Christian Smith

Hand gestures recognition (HGR) is one of the main areas of research for the engineers, scientists and bioinformatics. HGR is the natural way of Human Machine interaction and today many researchers in the academia and industry are working…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2013-03-12 Ankit Chaudhary , J. L. Raheja , Karen Das , Sonia Raheja

Physical human-robot interactions (pHRI) are less efficient and communicative than human-human interactions, and a key reason is a lack of informative sense of touch in robotic systems. Interpreting human touch gestures is a nuanced,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Bibit Bianchini , Prateek Verma , Kenneth Salisbury

An object handover between a robot and a human is a coordinated action which is prone to failure for reasons such as miscommunication, incorrect actions and unexpected object properties. Existing works on handover failure detection and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Santosh Thoduka , Nico Hochgeschwender , Juergen Gall , Paul G. Plöger

Human-robot object handover is a crucial element for assistive robots that aim to help people in their daily lives, including elderly care, hospitals, and factory floors. The existing approaches to solving these tasks rely on pre-selected…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Lucas Chen , Guna Avula , Hanwen Ren , Zixing Wang , Ahmed H. Qureshi
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