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Haptic Intelligence Ph.D. Thesis Delivering Expressive and Personalized Fingertip Tactile Cues Young, E. M. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, December 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics () BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Conference Paper Synchronicity Trumps Mischief in Rhythmic Human-Robot Social-Physical Interaction Fitter, N. T., Kuchenbecker, K. J. In Robotics Research, 10:269-284, Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, (Editors: Amato, Nancy M. and Hager, Greg and Thomas, Shawna and Torres-Torriti, Miguel), Springer, Cham, 18th International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR 2017), 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Patent System and Method for Simultaneously Sensing Contact Force and Lateral Strain Lee, H., Kuchenbecker, K. J. (EP20000480.2), December 2020 () BibTeX
Autonomous Learning Haptic Intelligence Robotics Patent Method for Force Inference of a Sensor Arrangement, Methods for Training Networks, Force Inference Module and Sensor Arrangement Sun, H., Martius, G., Lee, H., Spiers, A., Fiene, J. (PCT/EP2020/083261), Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Max Planck Ring 4, November 2020 () BibTeX
Autonomous Learning Haptic Intelligence Robotics Patent Sensor Arrangement for Sensing Forces and Method for Farbricating a Sensor Arrangement Spiers, A., Sun, H., Lee, H., Martius, G., Fiene, J., Seo, W. H. (PCT/EP2020/083260), November 2020 () BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Utilizing Interviews and Thematic Analysis to Uncover Specifications for a Companion Robot Burns, R. B., Seifi, H., Lee, H., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Workshop paper (2 pages) presented at the ICSR Workshop on Enriching HRI Research with Qualitative Methods, Virtual, November 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Sweat Softens the Outermost Layer of the Human Finger Pad: Evidence from Simulations and Experiments Nam, S., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous A Framework for Analyzing Both Finger-Surface and Tool-Surface Interactions Khojasteh, B., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Characterization of a Magnetic Levitation Haptic Interface for Realistic Tool-Based Interactions Lee, H., Tombak, G. I., Park, G., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Do Touch Gestures Affect How Electrovibration Feels? Vardar, Y., Javot, B., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Hands-on demonstration presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Estimating Human Handshape by Feeling the Wrist Forte, M., Young, E. M., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Haptify: A Comprehensive Benchmarking System for Grounded Force-Feedback Haptic Devices Fazlollahi, F., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Insights into Human Perception of Asymmetric Vibrations via Dynamic Modeling Nunez, C. M., Vardar, Y., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at Eurohaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Intermediate Ridges Amplify Mechanoreceptor Strains in Static and Dynamic Touch Serhat, G., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Optimal Sensor Placement for Recording the Contact Vibrations of a Medical Tool Gourishetti, R., Serhat, G., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Seeing Through Touch: Contact-Location Sensing and Tactile Feedback for Prosthetic Hands Thomas, N., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress poster presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Tactile Textiles: An Assortment of Fabric-Based Tactile Sensors for Contact Force and Contact Location Burns, R. B., Thomas, N., Lee, H., Faulkner, R., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Hands-on demonstration presented at EuroHaptics, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2020, Rachael Bevill Burns, Neha Thomas, and Hyosang Lee contributed equally to this publication (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous How Does Real-Time Feedback Affect Communicative Actions in Social-Physical Human-Robot Interaction? Mohan, M., Nunez, C. M., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Workshop paper (2 pages) presented at the ROMAN Workshop on Quality of Interaction in Socially Assistive Robots (QISAR), Virtual, August 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Ph.D. Thesis Modulating Physical Interactions in Human-Assistive Technologies Hu, S. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, August 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (Published) Hu20-PHDD-Modulating BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Sleep, Stress, and Experience Supersede Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback as Contributors to Workload During Robotic Surgical Skill Acquisition Gomez, E. D., Mat Husin, H., Dumon, K. R., Williams, N. N., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Extended abstract presented as an ePoster at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Cleveland, USA, August 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Vision-based Force Estimation for a da Vinci Instrument Using Deep Neural Networks Lee, Y., Mat Husin, H., Forte, M., Lee, S., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Extended abstract presented as an Emerging Technology ePoster at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Cleveland, Ohio, USA, August 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Article Using a Variable-Friction Robot Hand to Determine Proprioceptive Features for Object Classification During Within-Hand-Manipulation Spiers, A. J., Morgan, A. S., Srinivasan, K., Calli, B., Dollar, A. M. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 13(3):600-610, July 2020 () DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Conference Paper An ERT-Based Robotic Skin with Sparsely Distributed Electrodes: Structure, Fabrication, and DNN-Based Signal Processing Park, K., Park, H., Lee, H., Park, S., Kim, J. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020), :1617-1624, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020), May 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Autonomous Learning Conference Paper Calibrating a Soft ERT-Based Tactile Sensor with a Multiphysics Model and Sim-to-real Transfer Learning Lee, H., Park, H., Serhat, G., Sun, H., Kuchenbecker, K. J. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :1632-1638, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020), May 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Subject-Specific Biofeedback for Gait Retraining Outside of the Lab Rokhmanova, N., Shull, P. B., Kuchenbecker, K. J., Halilaj, E. Extended abstract (1 page) presented at the Dynamic Walking Conference, May 2020 (Published) URL BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Article Physical Variables Underlying Tactile Stickiness during Fingerpad Detachment Nam, S., Vardar, Y., Gueorguiev, D., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14:235, April 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Conference Paper Capturing Experts’ Mental Models to Organize a Collection of Haptic Devices: Affordances Outweigh Attributes Seifi, H., Oppermann, M., Bullard, J., MacLean, K. E., Kuchenbecker, K. J. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), :268, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020), April 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous A Fabric-Based Sensing System for Recognizing Social Touch Burns, R. B., Lee, H., Seifi, H., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress paper (3 pages) presented at the IEEE Haptics Symposium, March 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Conference Paper Changes in Normal Force During Passive Dynamic Touch: Contact Mechanics and Perception Gueorguiev, D., Lambert, J., Thonnard, J., Kuchenbecker, K. J. In Proceedings of the IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS), :746-752, IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS 2020), March 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Do Touch Gestures Affect How Electrovibration Feels? Vardar, Y., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Hands-on demonstration (1 page) presented at the IEEE Haptics Symposium, Washington, DC, USA, March 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Conference Paper Haptic Object Parameter Estimation during Within-Hand-Manipulation with a Simple Robot Gripper Mohtasham, D., Narayanan, G., Calli, B., Spiers, A. J. In Proceedings of the IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS), :140-147, March 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Intermediate Ridges Amplify Mechanoreceptor Strains in Static and Dynamic Touch Serhat, G., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Work-in-progress paper (2 pages) presented at the IEEE Haptics Symposium, March 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Using Affective Touch for Emotional Support with a Hugging Robot Block, A. E., Hilliges, O., Gassert, R., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Workshop paper (2 pages) presented at the 2020 Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Workshop on Affect and Embodiment, Cambridge, UK, March 2020 (Published) BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Article Exercising with Baxter: Preliminary Support for Assistive Social-Physical Human-Robot Interaction Fitter, N. T., Mohan, M., Kuchenbecker, K. J., Johnson, M. J. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 17:1-22, February 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Article Learning to Predict Perceptual Distributions of Haptic Adjectives Richardson, B. A., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 13:1-16, February 2020 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Haptic Intelligence Article Compensating for Fingertip Size to Render Tactile Cues More Accurately Young, E. M., Gueorguiev, D., Kuchenbecker, K. J., Pacchierotti, C. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 13(1):144-151, January 2020, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker and Claudio Pacchierotti contributed equally to this publication. Presented at the IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC) (Published) DOI BibTeX