Edward Adelson
Professor
Studies human and computer vision and touch, including how robots perceive the visual and mechanical properties of materials.
Edward Adelson's lab at MIT works on embodied & active vision, computational neuroscience & cognition and proteins, drugs & materials. 18 papers since 2023, 12 at top venues, mostly ICRA and IROS. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 5/ year
- at T1 venues
- 67%
- PhD students
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- MS students
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- alumni listed
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Papers by yearfrom DBLP, 2023–2026
- 0 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 3 papers2025 · T1 2
- 8 papers2024 · T1 7
- 7 papers2023 · T1 3
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, IROS, CoRL, RSS
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Embodied & active vision3 papers
- Computational neuroscience & cognition0 papers
- Proteins, drugs & materials0 papers
- studies human0 papers
- properties0 papers
Paper list
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20253 papers
- IROS (T1)Grasp EveryThing (GET): 1-DoF, 3-Fingered Gripper with Tactile Sensing for Robust Grasping (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)PolyTouch: A Robust Multi-Modal Tactile Sensor for Contact-Rich Manipulation Using Tactile-Diffusion Policies (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans. RoboticsTactile-Reactive Roller Grasper (opens in a new tab)
20248 papers
- ICRA (T1)A Passively Bendable, Compliant Tactile Palm with RObotic Modular Endoskeleton Optical (ROMEO) Fingers (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)EyeSight Hand: Design of a Fully-Actuated Dexterous Robot Hand with Integrated Vision-Based Tactile Sensors and Compliant Actuation (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)GelLink: A Compact Multi-phalanx Finger with Vision-based Tactile Sensing and Proprioception (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)Learning incipient slip with GelSight sensors: Attention Classification with Video Vision Transformers (opens in a new tab)
- RSS (T1)PoCo: Policy Composition from and for Heterogeneous Robot Learning (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)RainbowSight: A Family of Generalizable, Curved, Camera-Based Tactile Sensors For Shape Reconstruction (opens in a new tab)
- RoboSoftScalable Simulation-Guided Compliant Tactile Finger Design (opens in a new tab)
- CoRL (T1)Transferable Tactile Transformers for Representation Learning Across Diverse Sensors and Tasks (opens in a new tab)
20237 papers
- ICRA (T1)FingerSLAM: Closed-loop Unknown Object Localization and Reconstruction from Visuo-tactile Feedback (opens in a new tab)
- RoboSoftGelSight Baby Fin Ray: A Compact, Compliant, Flexible Finger with High-Resolution Tactile Sensing (opens in a new tab)
- RoboSoftGelSight EndoFlex: A Soft Endoskeleton Hand with Continuous High-Resolution Tactile Sensing (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)GelSight Svelte: A Human Finger-Shaped Single-Camera Tactile Robot Finger with Large Sensing Coverage and Proprioceptive Sensing (opens in a new tab)
- RoboSoftGelSight360: An Omnidirectional Camera-Based Tactile Sensor for Dexterous Robotic Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)TactoFind: A Tactile Only System for Object Retrieval (opens in a new tab)
- Sci. RoboticsVisual dexterity: In-hand reorientation of novel and complex object shapes (opens in a new tab)
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Apply to MITFall 2027
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