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Frank Sup IV

2 accepted papers

2026

Gravity-Assisted Shape-Locking Articulated Discrete Serial Robot for Ceiling-Mounted Manipulation in Patient Care

ICRA 2026poster

Continuum robots are promising for assistive manipulation, but often lack the stiffness and payload capacity required for real-world tasks. This paper investigates the feasibility of a novel dual-mode, gravity-assisted ceiling-mounted articulated discrete serial robot that transitions between passiv…

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2026

Influence of Gripper Design on Human Demonstration Quality for Robot Learning

ICRA 2026poster

Opening sterile medical packaging is routine for healthcare workers but remains challenging for robots. Learning from demonstration enables robots to acquire manipulation skills directly from humans, and handheld gripper tools such as the Universal Manipulation Interface (UMI) offer a pathway for ef…