Human-in-the-loop task involving soft contact has become common in robotic application,
especially in physical human-robot interaction. In this task, it is required that robot would …

Human-robot interaction in a shared workspace permits and often even requires physical
contact between humans and robots. A key technology to ensure that physical human robot …

This paper deals with the problem of using the tactile feedback generated by a robotic skin
for discriminating a human hand touch from a generic contact. Humans understand …

Tactile sensing is strategic for safe interaction of robots with humans, objects, and possibly
in an unstructured environment. In fact, contact sensing provides the most important and …

Humans sense and interpret touches on their skin for social interaction. Similarly, robotic
systems with human-like robotic skin can intuitively interact with humans. Therefore, many …

Recognizing environmental contact on whole body of a humanoid robot can be very
advantageous to work with people in human's environment. In the tasks with environmental …

Physical Human-Robot-Interaction (pHRI) is beneficial for communication in social
interaction or to perform collaborative tasks but is also crucial for safety. While robotic …

In order to allow robots to share our space and chores, tactile sensing is crucial. Indeed it
allows safe interaction of robots with people and objects, because it provides the most direct …

Tactile sensing is the current challenge in robotics and object manipulation by machines.
The robot's agile interaction with the environment requires pressure sensors to detect not …

A human can socially interact in a non-verbal manner by understanding the intention behind
a tactile stimulus. Patting on one's back is one of tactile communications, which is …