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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An innovative copper-PDMS piezoresistive composite for flexible tactile sensor

, 2012
A composite material based on multi branch spiky copper particles dispersed into silicone matrix was prepared as functional material for piezoresistive tactile sensor.
Stefano S, Cocuzza Matteo, Canavese Giancarlo, Cosiansi F   +3 more
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Two-fingered, tactile-based manipulation of unknown objects [PDF]

, 2013
Li Q, Haschke R, Ritter H. Two-fingered, tactile-based manipulation of unknown objects.
Ritter, Helge ; https://orcid.org/, Haschke, Robert ; https://orcid.org/, Li, Qiang ; https://orcid.org/   +2 more
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A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel handheld stiffness sensor is presented for real‐time tissue stiffness characterization. By simultaneously sensing contact force and tissue deformation, the device enables accurate stiffness quantification without requiring precise manual control. This approach offers a promising solution for intraoperative tumor detection and minimally invasive
Qianyu Ma, Ruxiang Jiang, Kaspar Althoefer, Nicolas Herzig, Hareesh Godaba   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continuum Robots in Surgery: From Engineering Design to Clinical Practice

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
The hyper‐redundant nature of continuum robot structures enables near‐infinite degrees of freedom leading to immense potential for medical applications. This review provides a historical background of continuum robots and novel ideas shaping their progress to current structural design, sensing technology, modeling techniques, and control methods.
Griffin Smith, Kaitlyn Clancy, Siwen Xie, Xiaochen Li, Sarah Khalife, Benjamin van der Woerd, Onaizah Onaizah   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flexible Sensors for Robotics Tactile Perception: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Flexible tactile sensing for robotics is reviewed through four interconnected dimensions. Physical mechanisms include piezoresistive, capacitive, piezoelectric, triboelectric, iontronic, and optical sensing. Structural design includes bioinspired, defect‐based, and MEMS‐based tactile systems.
Yu Song, Ying Chen, Yihao Chen, Xue Feng
wiley   +1 more source

Dual‐Mode Gripper With Suction and Shape‐Adaptive Freezing Grasps

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study presents a dual‐mode robotic gripper that combines vacuum suction with a shape‐adaptive freezing grasp. The freezing mode uses a compliant rubber membrane, a sprayed water layer, and dry‐ice powder to generate ice‐mediated adhesion while conforming to complex geometries.
Takuma Yanagisawa, Toshihiro Nishimura, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Training tactile sensors to learn force sensing from each other

Nature Communications
Humans achieve stable and dexterous object manipulation by coordinating grasp forces across multiple fingers and palms, facilitated by a unified tactile memory system in the somatosensory cortex.
Zhuo Chen, Ni Ou, Xuyang Zhang, Zhiyuan Wu, Yongqiang Zhao, Yupeng Wang, Emmanouil Spyrakos Papastavridis, Nathan Lepora, Lorenzo Jamone, Jiankang Deng, Shan Luo   +10 more
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Advanced Flexible Robotic Systems for the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Flexible surgical robots are advancing minimally invasive interventions for cardiovascular diseases and cancer by enabling precise navigation through complex, submillimeter anatomical pathways. This review highlights recent innovations in actuation, bio‐integrated sensing, AI‐assisted control, and friction‐reduction technologies, discusses current ...
Hermione Truong, Chi Cong Nguyen, Hannah Thuy Truong, Kefan Zhu, Adrienne Ji, James Davies, Emanuele Nicotra, Bibhu Sharma, Jingjing Wan, Patrick Pruscino, Shing Wai Wong, Hoang‐Phuong Phan, Phuoc Thien Phan, Nigel H. Lovell, Thanh Nho Do   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimized Lattice-Structured Flexible EIT Sensor for Tactile Reconstruction and Classification

This dataset is for publication "Optimized Lattice-Structured Flexible EIT Sensor for Tactile Reconstruction and Classification". ABSTRACT: Flexible electrical impedance tomography (EIT) offers a promising alternative to traditional tactile sensing ...
Giorgio-Serchi, Francesco, Wu, Xiaopeng, Teng, Sihao, Dong, Huazhi, Yang, Yunjie, Han, Xu   +5 more
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