Computational intelligence and neuroscience
May 25, 2022
At present, most of the handling industrial robots working on the production line are operated by teaching or preprogramming, which makes the flexibility of the production line poor and does not meet the flexible production requirements of the materi...
IEEE transactions on cybernetics
May 19, 2022
Robotic grasping ability lags far behind human skills and poses a significant challenge in the robotics research area. According to the grasping part of an object, humans can select the appropriate grasping postures of their fingers. When humans gras...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
May 16, 2022
This paper focuses on the teleoperation of a robot hand on the basis of finger position recognition and grasp type estimation. For the finger position recognition, we propose a new method that fuses machine learning and high-speed image-processing te...
Computational intelligence and neuroscience
May 6, 2022
A general pneumatic soft gripper is proposed in this paper. Combined with the torque balance theory, the mathematical theoretical model of bending deformation of soft gripper is established based on Yeoh constitutive model and classical differential ...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Apr 7, 2022
A soft gripper inspired by the glowing sucker octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis)' highly evolved grasping capability enabled by the umbrella-shaped dorsal and ventral membrane between each arm is presented here, comprising of a 3D-printed linkage mech...
Science robotics
Apr 6, 2022
Advances in computer vision and robotic manipulation are enabling assisted dressing.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Mar 27, 2022
Elastomer-granule composites have been used to switch between soft and stiff states by applying negative pressure differentials that cause the membrane to squeeze the internal grains, inducing dilation and jamming. Applications of this phenomenon hav...
Scientific reports
Mar 16, 2022
Service robotics is a fast-developing sector, requiring embedded intelligence into robotic platforms to interact with the humans and the surrounding environment. One of the main challenges in the field is robust and versatile manipulation in everyday...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Mar 14, 2022
In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) printed soft robotic hand with embedded soft sensors, intended for prosthetic applications is designed and developed to efficiently operate with new-generation myoelectric control systems, e.g., pattern recogni...
IEEE transactions on cybernetics
Mar 11, 2022
Computer vision has shown promising potential in wearable robotics applications (e.g., human grasping target prediction and context understanding). However, in practice, the performance of computer vision algorithms is challenged by insufficient or b...