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Contact often occurs without macroscopic surface deformation, such as during interaction with liquids, semi-liquids, or ultra-soft materials. However, most existing tactile sensors rely on deformation to infer contact, making such…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Changyi Lin , Boda Huo , Mingyang Yu , Emily Ruppel , Bingqing Chen , Jonathan Francis , Ding Zhao

Embodied intelligence has advanced rapidly in recent years; however, bimanual manipulation-especially in contact-rich tasks remains challenging. This is largely due to the lack of datasets with rich physical interaction signals, systematic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Qianxi Hua , Xinyue Li , Zheng Yan , Yang Li , Chi Zhang , Yongyao Li , Yufei Liu

This work presents NeuroTouch, an optical-based tactile sensor that combines a highly deformable dome-shaped soft material with an integrated neuromorphic camera, leveraging frame-based and dynamic vision for gesture detection. Our approach…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-03 Victor Hoffmann , Federico Paredes-Valles , Valentina Cavinato

Based on the DeepSORT algorithm, this study explores the application of visual tracking technology in intelligent human-computer interaction, especially in the field of gesture recognition and tracking. With the rapid development of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Tong Zhang , Fenghua Shao , Runsheng Zhang , Yifan Zhuang , Liuqingqing Yang

TouchVR is a novel wearable haptic interface which can deliver multimodal tactile stimuli on the palm by DeltaTouch haptic display and vibrotactile feedback on the fingertips by vibration motors for the Virtual Reality (VR) user. DeltaTouch…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Daria Trinitatova , Dzmitry Tsetserukou

This work deals with a practical everyday problem: stable object placement on flat surfaces starting from unknown initial poses. Common object-placing approaches require either complete scene specifications or extrinsic sensor measurements,…

Interactive surfaces have evolved from capacitive touch and IR based systems into a diverse ecosystem of sensing technologies that support rich and expressive human computer interaction. This survey traces that progression, beginning with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-05 David Wang , Wilson Chen , Tianju Wang , Jiale Zhang

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

Tactile sensors play a crucial role in enabling robots to interact effectively and safely with objects in everyday tasks. In particular, visuotactile sensors have seen increasing usage in two and three-fingered grippers due to their…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Yifan Wu , Yuzhou Chen , Zhengying Zhu , Xuhao Qin , Chenxi Xiao

This UIST Vision argues that "touch" input and interaction remains in its infancy when viewed in context of the seen but unnoticed vocabulary of natural human behaviors, activity, and environments that surround direct interaction with…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-10-09 Ken Hinckley

Recent advancements in eye tracking technology are driving the adoption of gaze-assisted interaction as a rich and accessible human-computer interaction paradigm. Gaze-assisted interaction serves as a contextual, non-invasive, and explicit…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Vijay Rajanna , Tracy Hammond

The biological skin enables animals to sense various stimuli. Extensive efforts have been made recently to develop smart skin-like sensors to extend the capabilities of biological skins; however, simultaneous sensing of several types of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Sho Shimadera , Kei Kitagawa , Koyo Sagehashi , Tomoaki Niiyama , Satoshi Sunada

While passive surfaces offer numerous benefits for interaction in mixed reality, reliably detecting touch input solely from head-mounted cameras has been a long-standing challenge. Camera specifics, hand self-occlusion, and rapid movements…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Paul Streli , Mark Richardson , Fadi Botros , Shugao Ma , Robert Wang , Christian Holz

This study mainly explores the application of natural gesture recognition based on computer vision in human-computer interaction, aiming to improve the fluency and naturalness of human-computer interaction through gesture recognition…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Fenghua Shao , Tong Zhang , Shang Gao , Qi Sun , Liuqingqing Yang

Our world is not static and humans naturally cause changes in their environments through interactions, e.g., opening doors or moving furniture. Modeling changes caused by humans is essential for building digital twins, e.g., in the context…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Vladimir Guzov , Julian Chibane , Riccardo Marin , Yannan He , Yunus Saracoglu , Torsten Sattler , Gerard Pons-Moll

Achieving robust dexterous manipulation in unstructured domestic environments remains a significant challenge in robotics. Even with state-of-the-art robot learning methods, haptic-oblivious control strategies (i.e. those relying only on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Jialiang Zhao , Naveen Kuppuswamy , Siyuan Feng , Benjamin Burchfiel , Edward Adelson

The ability to associate touch with sight is essential for tasks that require physically interacting with objects in the world. We propose a dataset with paired visual and tactile data called Touch and Go, in which human data collectors…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Fengyu Yang , Chenyang Ma , Jiacheng Zhang , Jing Zhu , Wenzhen Yuan , Andrew Owens

This paper describes a system for transmitting softness and the motion of shape or contact area sensation using a vision based tactile sensor and a tactile display in which mechanical and electrical stimulation are combined. A unit of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-11 Hikaru Kukita , Hiroyuki Kajimoto , Yem Vibol

Brain-computer interface allows people who have lost their motor skills to control robot limbs based on electroencephalography. Most BCIs are guided only by visual feedback and do not have somatosensory feedback, which is an important…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-12-14 Myoung-Ki Kim , Jeong-Hyun Cho , Ji-Hoon Jeong

The applications of fingertip haptic devices have spread to various fields from revolutionizing virtual reality and medical training simulations to facilitating remote robotic operations, proposing great potential for enhancing user…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Daria Trinitatova , Dzmitry Tsetserukou