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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…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-28 Miquel Oller , Mireia Planas , Dmitry Berenson , Nima Fazeli

Multi-fingered hands could be used to achieve many dexterous manipulation tasks, similarly to humans, and tactile sensing could enhance the manipulation stability for a variety of objects. However, tactile sensors on multi-fingered hands…

For humans, our "senses of touch" have always been necessary for our ability to precisely and efficiently manipulate objects of all shapes in any environment, but until recently, not many works have been done to fully understand haptic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-15 Sachidanand V S , Mansi Sharma

Rapid deployment of new tactile sensors is essential for scalable robotic manipulation, especially in multi-fingered hands equipped with vision-based tactile sensors. However, current methods for inferring contact properties rely heavily on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Christopher J. Ford , Kaichen Shi , Laura Butcher , Nathan F. Lepora , Efi Psomopoulou

Grasping is a fundamental capability for robots to interact with the physical world. Humans, equipped with two hands, autonomously select appropriate grasp strategies based on the shape, size, and weight of objects, enabling robust grasping…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Sizhe Yang , Yiman Xie , Zhixuan Liang , Yang Tian , Jia Zeng , Dahua Lin , Jiangmiao Pang

Humans, this species expert in grasp detection, can grasp objects by taking into account hand-object positioning information. This work proposes a method to enable a robot manipulator to learn the same, grasping objects in the most optimal…

Robotic grasping is a fundamental yet crucial component of robotic applications, as effective grasping often serves as the starting point for various tasks. With the rapid advancement of neural networks, data-driven approaches for robotic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Liqi Wu , Haoyu Jia , Kento Kawaharazuka , Hirokazu Ishida , Kei Okada

We propose to learn to generate grasping motion for manipulation with a dexterous hand using implicit functions. With continuous time inputs, the model can generate a continuous and smooth grasping plan. We name the proposed model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Jianglong Ye , Jiashun Wang , Binghao Huang , Yuzhe Qin , Xiaolong Wang

In this paper, we propose a novel representation for grasping using contacts between multi-finger robotic hands and objects to be manipulated. This representation significantly reduces the prediction dimensions and accelerates the learning…

Grasping is a core task in robotics with various applications. However, most current implementations are primarily designed for rigid items, and their performance drops considerably when handling fragile or deformable materials that require…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Leonel Giacobbe , Jingdao Chen , Chuangchuang Sun

Handover between a human and a dexterous robotic hand is a fundamental yet challenging task in human-robot collaboration. It requires handling dynamic environments and a wide variety of objects and demands robust and adaptive grasping…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Youzhuo Wang , Jiayi Ye , Chuyang Xiao , Yiming Zhong , Heng Tao , Hang Yu , Yumeng Liu , Jingyi Yu , Yuexin Ma

Objects we interact with and manipulate often share similar parts, such as handles, that allow us to transfer our actions flexibly due to their shared functionality. This work addresses the problem of transferring a grasp experience or a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Ahmet Tekden , Marc Peter Deisenroth , Yasemin Bekiroglu

Tactile sensors supply useful information during the interaction with an object that can be used for assessing the stability of a grasp. Most of the previous works on this topic processed tactile readings as signals by calculating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Brayan S. Zapata-Impata , Pablo Gil , Fernando Torres

As the basis for prehensile manipulation, it is vital to enable robots to grasp as robustly as humans. Our innate grasping system is prompt, accurate, flexible, and continuous across spatial and temporal domains. Few existing methods cover…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Hao-Shu Fang , Chenxi Wang , Hongjie Fang , Minghao Gou , Jirong Liu , Hengxu Yan , Wenhai Liu , Yichen Xie , Cewu Lu

This paper presents a control scheme for force sensitive, gentle grasping with a Pisa/IIT anthropomorphic SoftHand equipped with a miniaturised version of the TacTip optical tactile sensor on all five fingertips. The tactile sensors provide…

Grasping objects with limited or no prior knowledge about them is a highly relevant skill in assistive robotics. Still, in this general setting, it has remained an open problem, especially when it comes to only partial observability and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Matthias Humt , Dominik Winkelbauer , Ulrich Hillenbrand , Berthold Bäuml

Humans can accurately determine whether the object in hand has slipped or not by visual and tactile perception. However, it is still a challenge for robots to detect in-hand object slip through visuo-tactile fusion. To address this issue, a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Junli Gao , Zhaoji Huang , Zhaonian Tang , Haitao Song , Wenyu Liang

The use of anthropomorphic robotic hands for assisting individuals in situations where human hands may be unavailable or unsuitable has gained significant importance. In this paper, we propose a novel task called human-assisting dexterous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Tianhao Wu , Mingdong Wu , Jiyao Zhang , Yunchong Gan , Hao Dong

Robotic grasp should be carried out in a real-time manner by proper accuracy. Perception is the first and significant step in this procedure. This paper proposes an improved pipeline model trying to detect grasp as a rectangle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Hamed Hosseini , Mehdi Tale Masouleh , Ahmad Kalhor

Grasping is a crucial task in robotics, necessitating tactile feedback and reactive grasping adjustments for robust grasping of objects under various conditions and with differing physical properties. In this paper, we introduce LeTac-MPC,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Zhengtong Xu , Yu She