Ethan Fowler

Tactile Telerobots for Dull, Dirty, Dangerous, and Inaccessible Tasks

The sense of touch, which is essential for human dexterity, is virtually absent from today's robotic hands. In this work we present progress in creating a highly-dexterous bimanual tactile telerobot, and evaluate its performance compared to bare human hands. The system, consisting of anthropomorphic…