no code implementations • 30 Nov 2021 • Yukiko Osawa, Kei Kase, Yukiyasu Domae, Yoshiyuki Furukawa, Abderrahmane Kheddar
One of the distinguishing features of each object's material is its heat properties, and classification can exploit heat transfer, similarly to human thermal sensation.
no code implementations • 14 Oct 2021 • Yukiko Osawa, Yuho Kinbara, Masakazu Kageoka, Kenji Iida, Abderrahmane Kheddar
Such heat-conducting properties are important for enabling temperature-control of robotic covers in the range that is comfortable for human touch.
no code implementations • 4 Mar 2021 • Saeid Samadi, Julien Roux, Arnaud Tanguy, Stéphane Caron, Abderrahmane Kheddar
In this letter, we propose a whole-body control strategy for humanoid robots in multi-contact settings that enables switching between fixed and sliding contacts under active balance.
Robotics
no code implementations • 5 May 2020 • Yukiko Osawa, Abderrahmane Kheddar
We propose a new robotic cover prototype that achieves thermal display while also being soft.
Human-Computer Interaction Robotics
no code implementations • CVPR 2015 • Tu-Hoa Pham, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Ammar Qammaz, Antonis A. Argyros
We present a novel, non-intrusive approach for estimating contact forces during hand-object interactions relying solely on visual input provided by a single RGB-D camera.