ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Robot. AI
Sec. Human-Robot Interaction
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1581154
A Multi-Modal Sensing System for Human-Robot Interaction Through Tactile and Proximity Data
Provisionally accepted
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Aversa, Italy
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The rapid evolution of robotics has given rise to the exploration of human-robot collaboration as a transformative research domain, reshaping the dynamics of human interaction with robotic systems. This paper tackles Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) tasks with a specific focus on collaborative ones, where humans guide robots in learning and executing operations autonomously. This paper presents a multi-modal approach, which uses tactile fingers as an interface for human-robot collaboration tasks and exploits proximity sensors to implement collision avoidance algorithms or to drive end effector basic movements in a contactless manner. The modular design enhances versatility, providing a platform for different robotic applications. The paper presents the hardware design, methodologies for the human-robot interaction, and also provides demonstrative tests of the whole system, by showing the validity of the proposed tactile and proximity sensor-based solutions in real-world scenarios. These demos showcase the practical utility of the system, reinforcing its potential for human-robot collaboration in various applications.
Keywords: human-robot interaction, Human-robot collaboration, tactile sensor, Proximity sensor, Multi-Modal, modular
Received: 21 Feb 2025; Accepted: 15 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Laudante, Mirto, Pennacchio and Pirozzi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Gianluca Laudante, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Aversa, 81031, Italy
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