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.
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
"Pan Pan"
Franka Emika Panda
"An An"
Franka Emika Panda
"Blue"
UR5e
"White"
UR5e
Allegro Hand
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)
Markforged Onyx One 3D Printer
Ultimaker S5 3D Printer
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
OptiTrack Motion Capture system with 8 PrimeX 13 W cameras.
Aloha Bimanual Teleoperation Kit