We develop a real-time state estimation system to recover the pose and contact formation of an object relative to its environment. In this paper, we focus on the application of inserting an object picked by a suction cup into a tight space, an enabling technology for robotic packaging. We propose a framework that fuses force and visual sensing for improved accuracy and robustness. Visual sensin...

Epidemiologists use individual-based models to (a) simulate disease spread over dynamic contact networks and (b) investigate strategies control the outbreak. These model simulations generate complex ‘infection maps’ of time-varying transmission trees patterns spread. Conventional statistical analysis outputs offers only limited interpretation. This paper presents a novel visual analytics approa...

Robotic manipulation of highly deformable cloth presents a promising opportunity to assist people with several daily tasks, such as washing dishes; folding laundry; or dressing, bathing, and hygiene assistance for individuals severe motor impairments. In this letter, we introduce formulation that enables collaborative robot perform visual haptic reasoning cloth—the act inferring the location ma...