Recent studies have been inspired by natural whiskers for a proposal of tactile sensing system to augment the sensory ability of autonomous robots. In this study, we propose a novel artificial soft whisker sensor that is not only flexible but also ad...
Transfer of learning or leveraging a pre-trained network and fine-tuning it to perform new tasks has been successfully applied in a variety of machine intelligence fields, including computer vision, natural language processing and audio/speech recogn...
Humans can perceive tactile directionality with angular perception thresholds of 14-40° via fingerpad skin displacement. Using deformable, artificial tactile sensors, the ability to perceive tactile directionality was developed for a robotic system t...
Bringing tactile sensation to robotic hands will allow for more effective grasping, along with a wide range of benefits of human-like touch. Here, we present a three-dimensional-printed, three-fingered tactile robot hand comprising an OpenHand ModelO...
The development of artificial skin, such as electronic skin, is critical to emerging artificial intelligence systems. Electronic skins reported to date are mechanically flexible, and can detect various stimuli, but lack the ability to regulate themse...
Image-guided surgery (IGS) allows for accurate, real-time localization of subsurface critical structures during surgery. No prior IGS systems have described a feasible method of intraoperative reregistration after manipulation of the kidney during r...
Accurate and real-time recognition of rice plants is the premise underlying the implementation of precise weed control. However, achieving desired results in paddy fields using the traditional visual method is difficult due to the occlusion of rice l...
Human-human social touch improves mood and alleviates pain. No studies have so far tested the effect of human-robot emotional touch on experimentally induced pain ratings, on mood and on oxytocin levels in healthy young adults. Here, we assessed the ...
Touch plays a crucial role in humans' nonverbal social and affective communication. It then comes as no surprise to observe a considerable effort that has been placed on devising methodologies for automated touch classification. For instance, such an...
Tactile sensing is paramount for robots operating in human-centered environments to help in understanding interaction with objects. To enable robots to have sophisticated tactile sensing capability, researchers have developed different kinds of elect...