Research Notes
Research that caught our attention, read through the lens of contact intelligence.
Research Notes
6 storiesForceVLA: from sensing force to using it
What changes when force is fused into action generation, rather than simply added as another input?
- Kinesthetic
- ForceVLA
- VLA
DexForce: the intent behind a demonstrated path
When people teach by guiding a robot, what does position alone leave out?
- Kinesthetic
- DexForce
- Demonstration
Tactile-VLA: connecting object knowledge to touch
Between knowing what an object is and deciding how to hold it.
- Tactile
- Tactile-VLA
- Generalization
Reactive Diffusion Policy: plan ahead, respond now
What changes when planning a movement and responding to fingertip contact run at different speeds?
- Tactile
- RDP
- Contact response
3D-ViTac: placing touch in three-dimensional space
A spatial view of where contact happens, beyond adding a tactile image.
- Tactile
- 3D-ViTac
- Spatial representations
OSMO: a tactile glove for humans and robots
What open-source hardware makes possible, and the questions that remain about preserving human skill.
- OSMO
- Tactile glove
- Human-to-robot