Robotics Laboratory

Department of Computer Science | Iowa State University

Dexterous tool manipulation


robotic screwdriving


modeling of deformable cutting


dexterous food cutting

Impact and impulsive manipulation


state estimation of a flying object


multicollide impact simulator


batting to a target


two body impact in 3D


Newton’s cradle


3D impact with compliance


multiple impacts


impact summary

Grasping deformable and rigid objects


picking up soft solids


grasping deformable objects


2D deformable grasping summary


deformable modeling

computing antipodal points

misc grasps

Tactile shapes


surface patch reconstruction


recognition by curve registration


differential invariants


contour tracking

Sensing, observation, and localization


contact sensing & localization


dynamic observation


geometric sensing