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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Neurorobot.
Volume 19 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2025.1478758
This article is part of the Research Topic Advancing Neural Network-Based Intelligent Algorithms in Robotics: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Perspectives View all 16 articles

Universal Slip Detection of Robotic Hand with Tactile Sensing

Provisionally accepted
Chuangri Zhao Chuangri Zhao *Zeqi Ye Zeqi Ye Sikai Wu Sikai Wu Ziyang Tian Ziyang Tian Yang Yu Yang Yu Ling-Li Zeng Ling-Li Zeng *
  • National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China

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    Slip detection is to recognize whether an object remains stable during grasping, which can significantly enhance manipulation dexterity. In this study, we explore slip detection for five-finger robotic hands being capable of performing various grasp types, and detect slippage across all five fingers as a whole rather than concentrating on individual fingertips. First, we constructed a dataset collected during the grasping of common objects from daily life across six grasp types, comprising more than 200k data points. Second, according to the principle of deep double descent, we designed a lightweight universal slip detection convolutional network for different grasp types (USDConvNet-DG) to classify grasp states (no-touch, slipping, and stable grasp). By combining frequency with time domain features, the network achieves a computation time of only 1.26ms and an average accuracy of over 97% on both the validation and test datasets, demonstrating strong generalization capabilities. Furthermore, we validated the proposed USDConvNet-DG in real-time grasp force adjustment in real-world scenarios, showing that it can effectively improve the stability and reliability of robotic manipulation.

    Keywords: slip detection, five-finger robotic hand, deep learning, 3-axial force tactile sensor, Grasp Types

    Received: 10 Aug 2024; Accepted: 20 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Zhao, Ye, Wu, Tian, Yu and Zeng. 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:
    Chuangri Zhao, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
    Ling-Li Zeng, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China

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