Publications

Fisk, E., Lee, T., Yuan, S. (2026). Robotic Dexterous Manipulation via Anisotropic Friction Modulation using Passive Rollers. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2026.
Finalist, Best Paper Award on Robot Manipulation and Locomotion

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Seo, M., Park, H. A., Yuan, S., Zhu, Y., & Sentis, L. (2025). LEGATO: Cross-Embodiment Imitation Using a Grasping Tool. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1–8.

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Yuan, S., Wang, S., Patel, R., Tippur, M., Yako, C. L., Cutkosky, M. R., Adelson, E., & Salisbury, K. (2025). Tactile-Reactive Roller Grasper. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 1–18.

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Yuan, S., Shao, L., Feng, Y., Sun, J., Xue, T., Yako, C., Bohg, J., & Salisbury, J. K. (2024). Design and Control of Roller Grasper V3 for In-Hand Manipulation. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 40, 4222–4234.

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Yako, C., Nowak, J., Yuan, S., & Salisbury, K. (2024) Vertical Vibratory Transport of Grasped Parts Using Impacts. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2024.

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Pan, C., Lepert, M., Yuan, S., Antonova, R., Bohg, J. (2023). In-Hand Manipulation of Unknown Objects with Tactile Sensing for Insertion. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2023.

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Cai, Y., & Yuan, S. (2023). In-Hand Manipulation in Power Grasp: Design of an Adaptive Robot Hand with Active Surfaces. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2023.
Winner, Outstanding Manipulation Paper Award
Finalist, Outstanding Conference Paper Award

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Yako, C., Yuan, S., & Salisbury, K. (2022). Designing Underactuated Graspers with Dynamically Variable Geometry Using Potential Energy Map Based Analysis. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2022.
Shao, L., You, Y., Yan, M., Yuan, S., Sun, Q., & Bohg, J. (2021). GRAC: Self-Guided and Self-Regularized Actor-Critic. 5th Annual Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2021.

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Gruebele, A. M., Lin, M. A., Brouwer, D., Yuan, S., Zerbe, A. C., & Cutkosky, M. R. (2021). A Stretchable Tactile Sleeve for Reaching Into Cluttered Spaces. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(3), 5308-5315.

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Yuan, S., Lin, S., Yako, C., Gruebele, A. & Salisbury, K. (2020). Design and Control of Roller Grasper V2 for In-Hand Manipulation. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2020.

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Yuan, S., Epps, A., Nowak, J., & Salisbury, K. (2020). Design of a Roller-Based Dexterous Hand for Object Grasping and Within-Hand Manipulation. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2020.
Winner, Best Student Paper Award
Winner, Best Paper Award in Robot Manipulation
Finalist, Best Paper Award
Finalist, Best Paper Award in Mechanisms and Design

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Siu, A. F., Gonzalez, E. J., Yuan, S., Ginsberg, J. B., & Follmer, S. (2018). shapeShift: 2D Spatial Manipulation and Self-Actuation of Tabletop Shape Displays for Tangible and Haptic Interaction. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘18).

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Siu, A. F., Yuan, S., Pham, H., Gonzalez, E., Kim, L. H., Le Goc, M., & Follmer, S. (2018). Investigating Tangible Collaboration for Design Towards Augmented Physical Telepresence. In Design Thinking Research (pp. 131-145). Springer, Cham.

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Brunet, P., Decanio, W., Banka, R., & Yuan, S. (2017, October). Use of Repetitive Multi-Tone Sequences to Estimate Nonlinear Response of a Loudspeaker to Music. In Audio Engineering Society Convention 143. Audio Engineering Society, 2017.

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Bezzola, A., Brunet, P., & Yuan, S. (2017, October). Variable Fractional Order Analysis of Loudspeaker Transducers: Theory, Simulations, Measurements, and Synthesis. In Audio Engineering Society Convention 143. Audio Engineering Society, 2017

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Satija, A., Yuan, S., Naik, S. V., & Lucht, R. P. (2015). Vibrational CARS thermometry and one-dimensional numerical simulations in CH4/H2/air partially-premixed flames. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40(21), 6959-6969.

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Satija, A., Yuan, S., & Lucht, R. P. (2015). Development of Combined Dual-Pump Vibrational and Pure-Rotational Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (DPVCARS and PRCARS) Systems and their Application to Laminar Counter-flow Flames. In 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (p. 1694). Chicago.

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