Hands-on experience

Below is a list of the robot platforms and sensor that I’ve used during my research experience.

KUKA LWR+4 arm

As part of my PhD thesis I worked with the KUKA LWR arm to manipulate deformable objects.

Shadow hand with BioTac sensors

As part of my PhD thesis I worked with the Shadow hand to grasp deformable objects. The BioTac tactile sensors where used to estimate the contact forces in order to obtain a better understanding of the task dynamics.

youBot

I developed manipulation skills for the KUKA youBot mobile manipulator to be used in the@work robot team at the MAS group of the University of Bonn-Rhein-Sieg.

Care-O-bot 3

As part of my Master’s thesis, and also during my participation in our university’s @home robotics team, I worked with the Care-O-bot 3, specially developing its manipulation skills.

Schunk hand and Weiss tactile sensors

I used the three-fingered SDH-2 Schunk hand equipped with six tactile sensors from Weiss Robotics to reactively grasp objects without exceeding a force threshold.