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LightTact: A Visual-Tactile Fingertip Sensor for Deformation-Independent Contact Sensing

Published in Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS 2026), 2026

A visual–tactile fingertip sensor that enables deformation-independent contact sensing by capturing both deformation and surface appearance cues.

Recommended citation: Lin, C.; Huo, B.; Yu, M.; Ruppel, E.; Chen, B.; Francis, J.; Zhao, D. (2026). "LightTact: A Visual-Tactile Fingertip Sensor for Deformation-Independent Contact Sensing." Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS 2026). Equal contribution.
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LocoTouch: Learning Dynamic Quadrupedal Transport with Tactile Sensing

Published in Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL ’25), PMLR 305: 2779–2801, 2025

Learning dynamic quadrupedal transport with tactile sensing.

Recommended citation: Lin, C.; Song, Y. R.; Huo, B.; Yu, M.; Wang, Y.; Liu, S.; Yang, Y.; Yu, W.; Zhang, T.; Tan, J.; Luo, Y.; Zhao, D. (2025). "LocoTouch: Learning Dynamic Quadrupedal Transport with Tactile Sensing." Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL 2025), PMLR 305: 2779–2801.
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