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We consider the problem in Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) of identifying one or multiple inclusions in a background-conducting body $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$, from the knowledge of a finite number of electrostatic measurements…
Collocated tactile sensing is a fundamental enabling technology for dexterous manipulation. However, deformable sensors introduce complex dynamics between the robot, grasped object, and environment that must be considered for fine…
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an imaging method that is able to estimate the electrical conductivity distribution of living tissue. This work presents a field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based multi-frequency EIT system for…
Regularization methods using prior knowledge are essential in solving ill-posed inverse problems such as Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT). However, designing effective regularization and integrating prior information into EIT remains…
Objective: The strengths of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) are its capability of imaging the internal body by using a noninvasive, radiation safe technique, and the absence of known hazards. In this paper we introduce a novel idea of…
Incorporating touch as a sensing modality for robots can enable finer and more robust manipulation skills. Existing tactile sensors are either flat, have small sensitive fields or only provide low-resolution signals. In this paper, we…
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Advanced dexterous manipulation involving multiple simultaneous contacts across different surfaces, like pinching coins from ground or manipulating intertwined objects, remains challenging for robotic systems. Such tasks exceed the…
Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is a phenomenon that can provide strong and robust interfacing between optical signals and quantum coherence of electronic spins. In its archetypical form, mainly explored with atomic media, it…
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is highly affected by modeling errors regarding electrode positions and the shape of the imaging domain. In this work, we propose a new inclusion detection technique that is completely independent of…
The safety and accuracy of robotic navigation hold paramount importance, especially in the realm of soft continuum robotics, where the limitations of traditional rigid sensors become evident. Encoders, piezoresistive, and potentiometer…
Objective: Fast neural Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a method which permits imaging of neuronal activity in nerves by measuring the associated impedance changes (dZ). Due to the small magnitudes of dZ signals, EIT parameters…
Patients suffering from pulmonary diseases typically exhibit pathological lung ventilation in terms of homogeneity. Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive imaging method that allows to analyze and quantify the distribution…
User interfaces provide an interactive window between physical and virtual environments. A new concept in the field of human-computer interaction is a soft user interface; a compliant surface that facilitates touch interaction through…
Spatial tactile feedback can enhance the realism of geometry exploration in virtual reality applications. Current vibrotactile approaches often face challenges with the spatial and temporal resolution needed to render different 3D…
In computational PDE-based inverse problems, a finite amount of data is collected to infer unknown parameters in the PDE. In order to obtain accurate inferences, the collected data must be informative about the unknown parameters. How to…
This paper aims at mathematically modeling a new multi-physics conductivity imaging system incorporating mechanical vibrations simultaneously applied to an imaging object together with current injections. We perturb the internal…
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Electrical Impedance Tomography can be cost-effective, portable, non-invasive imaging technique. It has preclinical and a few of them already proven industrial applications. This technique can only recover images of low spatial and contrast…