4 accepted papers
One of the primary reasons robotic apple harvesting is a challenging manipulation problem is the cluttered tree canopy. An effective harvesting gripper should i) be compact to minimize collisions with the canopy, ii) offer a compliant grasp to prevent bruising; and iii) hold the fruit securely to co…
Manipulators are essential for advancing orchard robotics tasks such as pruning and harvesting, which require precise, dexterous motion in cluttered and unstructured environments. Off-the-shelf industrial arms, while readily available, often lack the reach and dexterity required for these settings. …
We present SIPHON, a Salp-Inspired robot designed to utilize Passive Hydrodynamics, and equipped with soft robotic Origami bellows and soft Nozzles. We reveal the construction, including a novel use of an interlocking origami Kresling pattern, along with duckbill and mammal-heart-inspired valves. We…
We introduce a dynamic benchmarking system for conversational agents that evaluates their performance through a single, simulated, and lengthy user$\leftrightarrow$agent interaction. The interaction is a conversation between the user and agent, where multiple tasks are introduced and then undertaken…