Recent progress in advanced tactile sensing technologies for soft grippers

J Qu, B Mao, Z Li, Y Xu, K Zhou, X Cao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tactile sensing technology is crucial for soft grippers. Soft grippers equipped with intelligent
tactile sensing systems based on various sensors can interact safely with the unstructured …

A 3D printing‐enabled artificially innervated smart soft gripper with variable joint stiffness

GL Goh, GD Goh, VP Nguyen, W Toh… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The manufacturing industry has witnessed advancements in soft robotics, specifically in
robotic grippers for handling fragile or irregular objects. However, challenges remain in …

A broad range triboelectric stiffness sensor for variable inclusions recognition

Z Zhao, Z Quan, H Tang, Q Xu, H Zhao, Z Wang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
With the development of artificial intelligence, stiffness sensors are extensively utilized in
various fields, and their integration with robots for automated palpation has gained …

Object stiffness recognition and vibratory feedback without ad-hoc sensing on the Hannes prosthesis: A machine learning approach

G Bruni, A Marinelli, A Bucchieri, N Boccardo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In recent years, hand prostheses achieved relevant improvements in term of
both motor and functional recovery. However, the rate of devices abandonment, also due to …

A Bioinspired Robotic Finger for Multimodal Tactile Sensing Powered by Fiber Optic Sensors

B Mao, K Zhou, Y Xiang, Y Zhang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid advancement of soft robotic technology emphasizes the growing importance of
tactile perception. Soft grippers, equipped with tactile sensing, can gather interactive …

Multipoint Contact Detection for Rigid-Soft Finger Without Tactile Sensor, Using Domain Adaption Combined Network

R Zhen, L Jiang, M Cheng - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Proprioception including position and force perception is particularly important in the grasp
and manipulation of soft robots. However, limited by their size and fabrication, it is difficult to …

Electronic skin with shape sensing and Bending-Insensitive pressure sensing for soft robotic grippers object recognition

X Meng, H Tang, X Lü, Y Shi, W Bao - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
Soft robotic grippers rely on accurate contact surface information to perform gripping and
sorting tasks safely. Difficulty in obtaining accurate contact surface information for …

Variable stiffness object recognition with bayesian convolutional neural network on a soft gripper

J Cao, J Huang, A Rosendo - 2022 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
From a medical standpoint, detecting the size and shape of hard inclusions hidden in soft
three-dimensional objects is of great significance for early detection of cancer through …

EDAMS: An Encoder-Decoder Architecture for Multi-grasp Soft Sensing Object Recognition

O Shorthose, A Albini, L Scimeca, L He… - … Conference on Soft …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of tactile sensing exhibits benefits over visual detection as it can be deployed in
occluded environments and can provide deeper information about an object's material …

Haptic Stiffness Perception Using Hand Exoskeletons in Tactile Robotic Telemanipulation

G Giudici, C Coppola, K Althoefer… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Robotic telemanipulation-the human-guided manipulation of remote objects-plays a pivotal
role in several applications, from healthcare to operations in harsh environments. While …