The 22 posters below will be presented during the poster session and networking period, 11:40 AM – 12:15 PM on Thursday, October 1, 2026. Select a title to read the abstract and see the graphical summary.

Section A · Haptic Interfaces, Actuation and Rendering

  1. A01 Programmable Magnetic Micro-Cilia for Distributed Haptic Actuation Kushagr et al.
  2. A02 Thermally Tunable, Magnetically Actuated Soft Haptic Unit Cell Gao et al.
  3. A03 Hybrid Modular Robotic Touch Rendering An et al.
  4. A04 A Fingertip Haptic Device for Rendering Directional Motion Cues Zhang et al.
  5. A05 Dexkit Phantom Fingers Garcia Alonzo et al.
  6. A06 Learning User-Specific Sensory Strategies from Haptic Interaction Chase et al.
  7. A07 Adapting Physical Assistance, from Robotic Everyday Objects to 3D-Printed Haptic Experiences Han

Section B · Tactile Sensing and Perception

  1. B01 Tactile-Enabled Contact Insertion for Automated Wire-Harness Assembly Lakkavalli Giridhar et al.
  2. B02 Cellular mechanosensation controlling real-time robot decisions Zimmerer et al.
  3. B03 Investigating the Functional Roles of Fingers Involved in a Dexterous Manipulation Task Zid et al.
  4. B04 Large-Area Tactile Sensing via Contact-Induced Modulation of Ultrasonic Waves Reardon et al.
  5. B05 EclipseTouch: Touch Segmentation on Ad Hoc Surfaces using Worn Infrared Shadow Casting Mollyn et al.
  6. B06 ReFineGrasp: Visual-Tactile Property Refinement for Adaptive Grasping of Delicate Objects Yoshida et al.
  7. B07 A Model-based Visual Tactile Sensing and Perception System for Compliant Robotic Grippers Zuo et al.

Section C · Dexterous Manipulation and Controls

  1. C01 Multi-digit Force Synergies for Haptic Interface Design Zuo et al.
  2. C02 Simplified N+1 Tendon Control with Rolling-Contact Joints Dills et al.
  3. C03 The Missing Touch: Spatially Distributed Tactile Feedback Brings Teleoperation Closer to Human Dexterity Kota et al.
  4. C04 Blind Whole-Body Haptic Dexterity Without Tactile Sensors Bhatt et al.
  5. C05 Multi-Modal Demonstrations for Dexterous Manipulation Tamura et al.
  6. C06 Learning Bimanual Dexterous Jar Opening with Finger Gaiting Xu et al.
  7. C07 High-Fidelity Haptic Teleoperation in Robotics Simulation via Multi-Rate Reduced Interface Models Sirois et al.
  8. C08 Bringing Human Touch to Robot Hands: A Force-Transparent Teleoperation System for Bilateral Control Sterling-Angus et al.