Summary
This NSF ERI project aims to improve the safety and reliability of robots in tasks that involve physical contact with objects. Today’s robots rely heavily on accurate sensing, such as computer vision, which can fail in low-light or cluttered real-world environments. As sensing errors build up, a robot may think it is in the right place when it is slightly off, causing it to move incorrectly, leading to unintended impacts and preventing reliable grasp or proper alignment of parts. This project addresses this gap by enabling robots to sense contact, recognize when it is incorrect, and immediatel
