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Pedro Lopes

3 accepted papers

2026

HapCompass: A Rotational Haptic Device for Contact-Rich Robotic Teleoperation

ICRA 2026poster

The contact-rich nature of manipulation makes it a significant challenge for robotic teleoperation. While haptic feedback is critical for contact-rich tasks, providing intuitive directional cues within wearable teleoperation interfaces remains a bottleneck. Existing solutions, such as non-directiona…

2021

Dynamic hand gesture recognition using a stretchable multi-layer capacitive array, proximity sensing, and a SVM classifier

IROS 2021poster

Hand Gesture Recognition (HGR) has application in Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), to control robots, games, and machines. Here we demonstrate a soft-matter multi-layer printed electronic circuit, that can be used to detect the human gesture without the need for physical contact, except for unlockin…

Cited by 5SourceScholar
2017

Soft-matter sensor for proximity, tactile and pressure detection

IROS 2017poster

Efforts in soft-matter sensing with liquid metal (LM) have largely focused on pressure, strain, and bend sensing by measuring changes in capacitance or resistance of LM circuits embedded in a soft elastomer. Here, we show that LM electronics can be used to combine pressure sensing with proximity det…

Cited by 23SourceScholar