5 accepted papers
This letter proposes a controller for stable grasping of unknown-shaped objects by two robotic fingers with tactile fingertips. The grasp is stabilised by rolling the fingertips on the contact surface and applying a desired grasping force to reach an equilibrium state. The validation is both in simu
Developing artificial tactile sensing capabilities that rival human touch is a long-term goal in robotics and prosthetics. Gradually more elaborate biomimetic tactile sensors are being developed and applied to grasping and manipulation tasks to help achieve this goal. Here we present the neuroTac, a…
In this letter, we have designed and built a set of tactile fingertips for integration with a commercial three-fingered robot hand, the Shadow Modular Grasper. The fingertips are an evolution of an established optical biomimetic tactile sensor, the TacTip. In developing the tactile fingertips, we ha
Tactile sensing is required for human-like control with robotic manipulators. Multimodality is an essential component for these tactile sensors, for robots to achieve both the perceptual accuracy required for precise control, as well as the robustness to maintain a stable grasp without causing damag
Slip detection helps to prevent robotic hands from dropping grasped objects and would thus enable complex object manipulation. Here we present a method of detecting slip with a biomimetic optical tactile sensor-the TacTip-that operates by measuring the positions of internal pins embedded in its comp