Robotic manipulation of deformable objects addresses the complexities of interacting with items that change shape under force, such as cables, textiles, biological tissues and foodstuffs. Unlike rigid ...

Cooperative control in multi-robot manipulation systems enables teams of robots to work in concert on tasks that exceed the capabilities of a single agent. Such systems integrate motion planning, ...

Stuttgart – Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), the University of Michigan, and Cornell University have demonstrated a breakthrough in microrobotics: swarms of ...