Push it to the (demonstrated) limit! To complete difficult tasks with complex contact, our latest work combines a tactile force matching algorithm with imitation learning (IL). PhD candidate Trevor Ablett will present this T-RO work at #ICRA25 tomorrow!
Learn about it: papers.starslab.ca/sts-il/

We're excited to welcome Phone Thiha Kyaw to our group! Phone wil be working on long-horizon task and motion planning. Prior to joining STARS, he was with Dyson in Sinagpore. Welcome Phone! 👋

Congratulations to Katie Allison for succesfully defending her Master's thesis earlier this year! Katie developed a structured pneumatic fingerpad for robotic grasping that enable tunable grip friction (for next-level in-hand manipulation).
Each fingerpad costs less than 50 cents to make!