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Automated Benchmarking of Variable-Property Soft Robotic Fingertips to Enable Task-Optimized Sensor Selection

15 identically-shaped robotic fingertips are benchmarked by a fully automated toolchange system, covering eight different materials and six broadly-ranging sensing mechanisms.

David Hardman, Benhui Dai, Qinghua Guan, Antonia Georgopoulou, Fumiya Iida, Josie Hughes

Automated Benchmarking of Variable-Property Soft Robotic Fingertips to Enable Task-Optimized Sensor Selection

Soft Shear Sensing of Robotic Twisting Tasks using Reduced-Order Conductivity Modelling

Much as the information generated by our fingertips is used for fine-scale grasping and manipulation, closed-loop dexterous robotic …

Dhruv Trehan, David Hardman, Fumiya Iida

A Survey on Soft Robot Adaptability - Implementations, Applications, and Prospects

Soft robots, compared to rigid robots, possess inherent advantages, including higher degrees of freedom, compliance, and enhanced …

Zixi Chen, Di Wu, Qinghua Guan, David Hardman, Federico Renda, Josie Hughes, Thomas George Thuruthel, Cosimo Della Santina, Barbara Mazzolai, Huichan Zhao, Cesare Stefanini

A Survey on Soft Robot Adaptability - Implementations, Applications, and Prospects

Multimodal Information Structuring with Single Layer Soft Skins and High-Density Electrical Impedance Tomography

We sensorize the surface of a 3D human-sized hand using a single material, and demonstrate its ability to monitor multimodal stimuli.

David Hardman, Thomas George Thuruthel, Fumiya Iida

Multimodal Information Structuring with Single Layer Soft Skins and High-Density Electrical Impedance Tomography

High-Speed Tactile Braille Reading via Biomimetic Sliding Interactions

Most braille-reading robotic sensors employ a discrete letter-by-letter reading strategy, despite the higher potential speeds of a …

Parth Potdar, David Hardman, Elijah Almanzor, Fumiya Iida

High-Speed Tactile Braille Reading via Biomimetic Sliding Interactions

Variable sensitivity multimaterial robotic e-skin combining electronic and ionic conductivity using electrical impedance tomography

Electronic skins (e-skins) aim to replicate the capabilities of human skin by integrating electronic components and advanced materials …

Aleix Costa Cornellà, David Hardman, Leone Costi, Joost Brancart, Guy Van Assche, Fumiya Iida

Autonomous Testing of the Repeatable Healability of Pneumatic Self-Healing Soft Actuators

The maximum number of damage and healing cycles which can be endured by a self-healing actuator, i.e. its repeatable healability, has …

Julie Legrand, Arsen Abdulali, David Hardman, Seppe Terryn, Bram Vanderborght, Fumiya Iida

Autonomous Testing of the Repeatable Healability of Pneumatic Self-Healing Soft Actuators

Sensorized Skin with Biomimetic Tactility Features based on Artificial Crosstalk of Bimodal Resistive Sensory Inputs

Mimicking the structure of the human skin by combining surface level thermoreceptors with deeper mechanoreceptors. Tactile stimuli are identified using a feedforward neural network.

Antonia Georgopoulou, David Hardman, Thomas George Thuruthel, Fumiya Iida, Frank Clemens

Closed-loop Optimization of Soft Sensor Morphology by Using 3-D Printing of Electrically Conductive Hydrogel

Soft sensing technologies provide a novel alternative for state estimation in wearables and robotic systems. They allow us to capture …

Sojiro Sugiura, David Hardman, Thomas George Thuruthel, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Fumiya Iida

Closed-loop Optimization of Soft Sensor Morphology by Using 3-D Printing of Electrically Conductive Hydrogel

Tactile Perception in Hydrogel-based Robotic Skins using Data-Driven Electrical Impedance Tomography

A model-free method for the reconstruction of deformations in a hydrogel skin using electrical impedance tomography. The method can be used for damage detection, environmental monitoring, and multi-touch recognition.

David Hardman, Thomas George Thuruthel, Fumiya Iida