The importance of force perception in interacting with the environment was proven years ago.
However, it is still a challenge to measure the contact force distribution accurately in real-…

Two novel kinds of slim FBG (fiber Bragg grating) sensor devices and their application are
presented, which can show the three-dimensional image of colonoscope shape on a video …

Slip detection, especially incipient slip, plays a very important role in achieving stable robot
grasp, whereas the fine and reliable measurement of incipient slip has not been well …

The force feedback of vision-based tactile sensors is always expected to be accurate and
robust. This work focuses on indicating and lessening the limitation of the structure of the vision…

Grasping is the most basic and important function of robots. However, the grasping performance
of existing manipulators is far inferior to that of human hands. Human hands are able to …

In recent years, surface electromyography (sEMG) signals have been increasingly used in
pattern recognition and rehabilitation. In this paper, a real-time hand gesture recognition …

Magnetorheological elastomers (MRE) are mainly composed of soft magnetic particles and
rubber‐like matrix. Previous studies have shown that the matrix has a greater impact on …

Recently, deep learning has become a promising technique for constructing gesture
recognition classifiers from surface electromyography (sEMG) signals in human–computer …

Tactile sensing is an important way for robots to perceive and interact with the environment.
Vision-based tactile sensors have been widely developed because of their multimodal …

Incipient slip detection plays an important role in human and robotic grasping. Recently,
vision-based tactile sensors are increasingly used to detect incipient slip because of their high …