Purdue MARS lab conducts research in the following major research areas: (1) Tactile Sensing and Haptics; (2) Robot Learning; and (3) Model-Based Control and Manipulation. Projects/publications are categorized into these research areas as shown below.
A Magnetic-Actuated Vision-Based Whisker Array for Contact Perception and Grasping. Paper
[IROS 2024]
Feelit: Combining Compliant Shape Displays with Vision-Based Tactile Sensors for Real-Time Teletaction. Paper
[IEEE Sensors 2023]
VisTac: Towards a Unified Multi-Modal Sensing Finger for Robotic Manipulation. Paper
[T-ASE 2024]
LeTO: Learning Constrained Visuomotor Policy with Differentiable Trajectory Optimization. Paper
[IROS 2024]
Stick Roller: Precise In-hand Stick Rolling with a Sample-Efficient Tactile Model. Paper
[T-RO 2024]
LeTac-MPC: Learning Model Predictive Control for Tactile-reactive Grasping. Paper
Safe Human-Robot Collaboration with Risk Tunable Control Barrier Functions . Paper
In-Hand Singulation, Scooping, and Cable Untangling with a 5-DOF Tactile-Reactive Gripper. Paper
[IROS 2024]
SeeBelow: Sub-dermal 3D reconstruction of Tumors with Surgical Robotic Palpation and Tactile Exploration. Paper
[IROS 2024]
In-Hand Singulation and Scooping Manipulation with a 5 DOF Tactile Gripper. Paper
Go2 quadruped + D1 robotic arm from Unitree (x2)
"Pan Pan"
Franka Emika Panda
"An An"
Franka Emika Panda
"Blue"
UR5e
"White"
UR5e
Allegro Hand
LEAP Hand with full hand tactile feedback (x2)
WSG 32-068 (x2)
Weiss Robotics
2F-140 gripper (x2)
Robotiq
Microsoft Azure Kinect
Depth camera (x4)
Intel RealSense Depth Camera D455 (x2)
Intel RealSense Depth Camera D405 (x2)
GelSight Tactile Robotic Finger (x2), GelSight Inc.
DIGIT (x4)
Tactile Sensor from GelSight Inc.
GelSight Mini
Tactile sensor from GelSight Inc.
ATI Nano17
Smallest 6-Axis Force and torque sensor
Bambu Lab 3D Printer (x2)
Ultimaker S5 3D Printer
Markforged Onyx One 3D Printer
OMTech laser cutter
OptiTrack Motion Capture system with 8 PrimeX 13 W cameras.
Aloha Bimanual Teleoperation Kit