physical Human-Robot Interaction

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Robot-Assisted Navigation for Visually Impaired through Adaptive Impedance and Path Planning (ICRA 2024)

SUPER-MAN: SUPERnumerary Robotic Bodies for Physical Assistance in HuMAN-Robot Conjoined Actions (Mechatronics)

Enhancing Human-Robot Collaborative Transportation through Obstacle-Aware Vibrotactile Warning and Virtual Fixtures (Robotics and Autonomous Systems)

Improving Standing Balance Performance through the Assistance of a Mobile Collaborative Robot (ICRA 2023)

Enhancing Flexibility and Adaptability in Conjoined Human-Robot Industrial Tasks with a Minimalist Physical Interface (ICRA 2022)

MOCA-S: A Sensitive Mobile Collaborative Robotic Assistant exploiting Low-Cost Capacitive Tactile Cover and Whole-Body Control (RAL & IROS 2022)

Upper-Limb Kinematic Parameter Estimation and Localization using a Compliant Robotic Manipulator (IEEE Access 2021)

Underactuated Gripper with Forearm Roll Estimation for Human Limbs Manipulation in Rescue Robotics (IROS 2019)

Haptics

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Ergotac-belt: Anticipatory vibrotactile feedback to lead centre of pressure during walking (BioRob 2022)

Interactive Robots

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A Hybrid Learning and Optimization Framework to Achieve Physically Interactive Tasks with Mobile Manipulators (RAL 2022)

A Self-Tuning Impedance-based Interaction Planner for Robotic Haptic Exploration (RAL 2022)

Telerobotics

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An Open Tele-Impedance Framework to Generate Data for Contact-Rich Tasks in Robotic Manipulation (ARSO 2023)

Haptic Perception

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Bayesian and Neural Inference on LSTM-based Object Recognition from Tactile and Kinesthetic Information (RAL 2020)

Human Modelling and Tracking

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Markerless 3D human pose tracking through multiple cameras and AI: Enabling high accuracy, robustness, and real-time performance

The bridge between xsens motion-capture and robot operating system (ros): Enabling robots with online 3d human motion tracking