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   Articles with "optical tactile" as a keyword



FOCERS: An Ultrasensitive and Robust Soft Optical 3D Tactile Sensor

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Soft Robotics"

DOI: 10.1089/soro.2024.0053

Abstract: Soft optical sensors, characterized by excellent stability, strong anti-interference ability, and rapid response, are particularly suitable for exploring unknown environments. However, the low sensitivity and large size of optical tactile sensors have limited their widespread… read more here.

Keywords: tactile sensor; soft optical; sensor; optical tactile ... See more keywords

TacPalm: A Soft Gripper With a Biomimetic Optical Tactile Palm for Stable Precise Grasping

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "IEEE Sensors Journal"

DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2024.3471812

Abstract: Manipulating fragile objects in environments such as homes and factories requires stable and gentle grasping along with precise and safe placement. Compared to traditional rigid grippers, the use of soft grippers reduces the control complexity… read more here.

Keywords: soft gripper; tactile; contact detection; optical tactile ... See more keywords

Tacchi: A Pluggable and Low Computational Cost Elastomer Deformation Simulator for Optical Tactile Sensors

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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters"

DOI: 10.1109/lra.2023.3237042

Abstract: Simulation is widely applied in robotics research to save time and resources. There have been several works to simulate optical tactile sensors that leverage either a smoothing method or Finite Element Method (FEM). However, elastomer… read more here.

Keywords: tactile; tactile sensors; elastomer deformation; robotics ... See more keywords

FOTS: A Fast Optical Tactile Simulator for Sim2Real Learning of Tactile-Motor Robot Manipulation Skills

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters"

DOI: 10.1109/lra.2024.3396665

Abstract: Simulation is a widely used tool in robotics to reduce hardware consumption and gather large-scale data. Despite previous efforts to simulate optical tactile sensors, there remain challenges in efficiently synthesizing images and replicating marker motion… read more here.

Keywords: sim2real learning; learning tactile; tactile simulator; optical tactile ... See more keywords

Object Hardness Estimation With Optical Tactile Sensor Using Spiking Neural Network

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement"

DOI: 10.1109/tim.2025.3625336

Abstract: Hardness is a crucial physical property in robotic perception and manipulation. Optical tactile sensors offer an effective approach for hardness perception by capturing high-resolution images of contact-induced deformation. Inspired by biological information processing mechanisms, we… read more here.

Keywords: spiking neural; hardness; optical tactile; neural network ... See more keywords