Publications
2023
12.[ICRA-3]
Q. Lu, Z. Gan, X. Wang, G. Bai, Z. Zhang, and N. Rojas, "Mechanical Intelligence for Prehensile In-Hand Manipulation of Spatial Trajectories ". Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, UK, 29May - 2June, 2023
2022
11.[RoboSoft-3]
S. Sarabandi*, Q. Lu*, G. Chen, and N. Rojas, "In-Hand Manipulation of Soft Fingertips". Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Edinburgh, UK, 4 - 8 April, 2022
2021
10.[IJRR-1]
Q. Lu*, N. Baron*, A. Clark*, and N. Rojas, "Systematic Object-Invariant In-Hand Manipulation via Reconfigurable Underactuation: Introducing the RUTH Gripper," International Journal of Robotics Research 2021.
9.[ICRA-2]
Q. Lu, J. Wang, Z. Zhang, G. Chen, H. Wang, and N. Rojas, “An Underactuated Gripper based on Car Differentials for Self-Adaptive Grasping with Passive Disturbance Rejection,” Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi'an, China, 30 May - 5 June, 2021
8.[ICRA-1]
Q. Lu, N. Baron, G. Bai, and N. Rojas, “Mechanical Intelligence for Adaptive Precision Grasp,” Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi'an, China, 30 May - 5 June, 2021
7.[RoboSoft-2]
Z. Zhang, W. Fan, G. Chen, J. Luo, Q. Lu, and H. Wang, "A 3D Printable Origami Vacuum Pneumatic Artificial Muscle with Fast and Powerful Motion". Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), virtual conference, 12-16April, 2021
2020
6.[TAROS-1] Best Paper Award
J. Wang, Q. Lu, A. Clark, and N. Rojas, “A Passively Complaint Idler Mechanism for Underactuated Dexterous Grippers with Dynamic Tendon Routing,” Proceedings of the 21st Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems conference (TAROS), virtual conference, 16 September, 2020
5.[RSS-1]
Q. Lu, N. Baron, A. Clark, and N. Rojas, “The RUTH Gripper: Systematic Object-Invariant Prehensile In-Hand Manipulation via Reconfigurable Underactuation,” Proceedings of the 2020 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS), virtual conference, 14-16 July, 2020
4.[RoboSoft-1]
Q. Lu, L. He, T. Nanayakkara, and N. Rojas, “Precise In-Hand Manipulation of Soft Objects using Soft Fingertips with Tactile Sensing and Active Deformation,” Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), virtual conference, 6-9April, 2020
3.[RA-L-3] with ICRA
Q. Lu, A.B. Clark, M. Shen, and N. Rojas, “An Origami-Inspired Variable Friction Surface for Increasing the Dexterity of Robotic Grippers,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 2538 - 2545, 2020
(Paper also selected for presentation at the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), virtual conference, 31 May - 4 June, 2020)
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2.[RA-L-2] with ICRA
L. He, Q. Lu, SA. Abad, N. Rojas, and T. Nanayakkara, “Soft Fingertips with Tactile Sensing and Active Deformation for Robust Grasping of Delicate Objects,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 2714 - 2721, 2020
(Paper also selected for presentation at the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), virtual conference, 31 May - 4 June, 2020)
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2019
1.[RA-L-1] with RoboSoft
Q. Lu and N. Rojas, “On Soft Fingertips for In-Hand Manipulation: Modelling and Implications for Robot Hand Design,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 2471 - 2478, 2019
(Paper also selected for presentation at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Seoul, Korea, April 14-18, 2019)