Academic research in haptics, prosthetics, and human-robot interaction
View on Google ScholarXuanyun Qiu, Dorian Verdel, Hector Cervantes-Culebro, Alexis W.M. Devillard, Etienne Burdet
A hierarchical framework for maintaining balance when humans are augmented with supernumerary robotic limbs, featuring prediction, planning, and control layers tested with ten participants performing bending tasks.
Anirvan Dutta, Alexis W.M. Devillard, Zhihua Zhang, Xiaoxiao Cheng, Etienne Burdet
Investigating how sensing embodiment affects tactile perception using a modular e-Skin with interchangeable mechanical compliance and an unsupervised, action-conditioned deep state-space model to interpret soft object properties.
Alexis W.M. Devillard, Aruna Ramasamy, Xiaoxiao Cheng, Damien Faux, Etienne Burdet
A comprehensive multi-modal dataset capturing concurrent haptic, audio, and visual signals from participants interacting with textured surfaces, addressing gaps in human tactile exploration research.
Henrik Jörntell, Alexis W.M. Devillard, Etienne Burdet
Examining mechanical spatiotemporal invariants emerging from skin-body-environment interactions and corresponding neural mechanisms, with applications to robotics.
Alexis W.M. Devillard, Anirvan Dutta, Zhihuan Zhang, Xiaoxiao Cheng, Etienne Burdet
A bioinspired electronic skin with layered sensing architecture for robotics, prosthetics, and haptic applications.
Jenireth Torrealba Molina, Toqa AbuBaker, Alexis W.M. Devillard, Yanpei Huang, Xiaoxiao Cheng, Etienne Burdet
A modular robotic platform designed and evaluated for precision microsurgical applications.
Alexis W.M. Devillard, Luca Mattioli, Etienne Burdet
Exploring multi-sensory integration approaches for sensory augmentation in virtual and robotic interaction scenarios.
Alexis W.M. Devillard, Aruna Ramasamy, Damien Faux, Vincent Hayward, Etienne Burdet
The conference presentation of the multi-modal tactile exploration dataset, later extended in Nature Scientific Data.
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