Foot-operated Tele-impedance Interface for Robot Manipulation Tasks in Interaction with Unpredictable Environments

Tele-impedance increases interaction performance between a robotic tool and unstructured/unpredictable en-vironments during teleoperation. However, the existing tele-impedance interfaces have several ongoing issues, such as long calibration times and various obstructions for the human operator. In addition, they are all designed to be controlled...