4 accepted papers
Human activity recognition (HAR) is fundamental in human-robot collaboration (HRC), enabling robots to respond and dynamically adapt to human intentions. This paper introduces a HAR system combining a modular data glove equipped with Inertial Measurement Units and a vision-based tactile sensor to ca…
Soft robots, with their highly compliant bodies, exhibit numerous unforeseen configurations that often defy engineering intuition and complicate control design. This work introduces a simulation-based co-optimization framework that jointly optimizes both morphology and control. Unlike existing appro…
The increasing use of drones in human-centric applications highlights the need for designs that can survive collisions and recover rapidly, minimizing risks to both humans and the environment. We present HoLoArm, a quadrotor with compliant arms inspired by the nodus structure of dragonfly wings. Thi…
Robotic systems employing continuum bodies offer a high degree of dexterity, which provides advantages in terms of accuracy and safety when operating in cluttered environments. However, current methods of describing posture or detecting contact for such continuum structures are focusing on bespoke d…