Soft robots have garnered interest for real-world applications because of their intrinsic safety
embedded at the material level. These robots use deformable materials capable of shape …

Tactile sensing is a key sensor modality for robots interacting with their surroundings. These
sensors provide a rich and diverse set of data signals that contain detailed information …

A wide variety of tactile (touch) sensors exist today for robotics and related applications.
They make use of various transduction methods, smart materials and engineered structures …

During social interaction humans extract important information from tactile stimuli that
enriches their understanding of the interaction. This process depends, however, not only on …

In this letter, a new sensorized flexible skin has been used to enhance safety and
intuitiveness of physical human-robot interaction (HRI) in applications where both intentional …

The objective of this paper is to present a systematic review of existing sensor-based control
methodologies for applications that involve direct interaction between humans and robots, in …

Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) made it possible to perform a number of
medical manipulations with reduced patient trauma and better accuracy. Various devices …

In the past few years a new scenario for robot-based applications has emerged. Service and
mobile robots have opened new market niches. Also, new frameworks for shop-floor robot …

In this paper, we present a new approach to realize whole-body tactile interactions with a
self-organizing, multi-modal artificial skin on a humanoid robot. We, therefore, equipped the …

This paper details the implementation of state-of-the-art whole-body control algorithms on
the humanoid robot iCub. We regulate the forces between the robot and its surrounding …