Tactile Robotics

Dr. Qiang Li is a full professor at Shenzhen Technology University, China. He received his PhD in Pattern Recognition and Intelligence Systems from the Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in 2010. He was awarded a stipend from the Honda Research Institute and conducted his postdoctoral research at the CoR-Lab of Bielefeld University from 2009 to 2012. From 2020 to 2023, he served as Principal Investigator at the University of Hamburg and the University of Bielefeld. Dr. Li’s research interests include tactile servoing and recognition, sensory-based roboticdexterous manipulation, and robotic calibration and dynamic control. He has co-authored over 70 peer reviewed publications in the fields of robotic control, grasping, and manipulation, as well as one edited book. He serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (Robotics) and Complex & Intelligent Systems (AI), and as an Associate Editor for top-tier robotics conferences, including ICRA, IROS, and Humanoids.

• 1. Introduction to tactile robotics2. Tactile sensors and their principles3. Fundamental knowledge on robotics4. Fundamental knowledge on Machine Learning5. Tactile information - Contact level6. Tactile information - Object level7. Tactile information - Action level8. Applications