Special Topics: Tactile Sensing and Haptics

Catalog description

Touch is an important perception modality for both humans and robots. This course aims at providing an overview of the touch perception system for both robots and humans. On the side of robot sensing, the course will cover the designs of robot touch sensors, signal processing algorithms for tactile sensing, and the application of tactile sensing in different robotic tasks; on the side of haptics, the course will introduce the neurological and cognitive study in the human haptic system, and the designs and applications of haptic devices that provide a human-machine interface. The course incorporates lectures, research paper presentations, and discussion. The combination of different modules aims to present both the basics and state-of-art research directions in the field.