11 accepted papers
Language-driven grasp detection has the potential to revolutionize human-robot interaction by allowing robots to understand and execute grasping tasks based on natural language commands. However, existing approaches face two key challenges. First, they often struggle to interpret complex text instru
Grasping a variety of objects remains a key challenge in the development of versatile robotic systems. The human hand is remarkably dexterous, capable of grasping and manipulating objects with diverse shapes, mechanical properties, and textures. Inspired by how humans use two fingers to pick up thin
Liquid phase change pouch actuators (liquid pouch motors) hold great promise for a wide range of robotic applications, from artificial organs to pneumatic manipulators for dexterous manipulation. However, the usability of liquid pouch motors remains challenging due to the nonlinear intrinsic propert
Vision language models have played a key role in extracting meaningful features for various robotic applications. Among these, Contrastive Language-Image Pretraining (CLIP) is widely used in robotic tasks that require both vision and natural language understanding. However, CLIP was trained solely o
Robot-assisted endovascular navigation provides significant advantages, including reduced radiation exposure for surgeons and improved patient safety. However, a major challenge is to control curvilinear instruments like guidewires precisely for smooth and accurate navigation while adapting to anato
Soft robots - due to their intrinsic flexibility of the body - can adaptively navigate unstructured environments. One of the most popular locomotion gaits that has been implemented in soft robots is undulation. The undulation motion in soft robots resembles the locomotion gait of stringy creatures s…
Soft robots made of flexible materials are highly adaptive, easy to fabricate, and safer to interact with. One of the ways for soft robots to interact with the surrounding environment is through their deformable bodily characteristics including internal body stiffness and external body friction. Tho…
Origami/kirigami robotics are opening a path that leads to lightweight, compact, and expandable robots. However, it is generally challenging to design agile motions for origami/kirigami robots due to their size and the intrinsic limitation of the materials. In this paper, we propose to use the bista…
The exploration of spatially limited terrestrial or aquatic environments requires miniature and lightweight robots. Soft-bodied robot research is paving ways for a new class of small-scale robots that can navigate a variety of environments with minimum influence on the environment itself. However, i…
Soft-bodied robots are getting attention from researchers as their potential in designing compliant and adaptive robots. However, soft-bodied robots also pose many challenges not only in non-linear controlling but also in design and fabrication. Especially, the non-compatibility between soft materia…
Soft-bodied and continuum robots have shown great adaptability to the environment thanks to its flexibility of the body. They have great potential in environment exploring or rescuing mission. One of those robots is snake-like soft-bodied robots. A snake robot is often made by attaching passive whee…