Dexter Shepherd

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Year Type Title Authors Venue / Publisher DOI / Link
2026 PhD Thesis Get a grip: evaluating tactile sensing technologies for adaptive robotic locomotion Shepherd D. University of Sussex https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uos.33456109.v1
2026 Preprint A 3D-Printable Dataset for Fair Testing and Comparisons of Tactile Sensors Shepherd D., Herzig N., Husbands P., et al. arXiv (Cornell University) 10.48550/arXiv.2606.25886
2025 Dataset 3D Printable Tactile Dataset Shepherd D., Husbands P., Herzig N., et al. University of Sussex 10.25377/sussex.30256453
2025 Dataset Electrical Tactile Dataset (Piezoelectric & Accelerometer) for Textures Shepherd D., Philippides A., Husbands P., et al. University of Sussex 10.25377/sussex.28033589.v1
2025 Dataset Optical Tactile (TacTip) Dataset for Texture Classification Shepherd D., Husbands P., Johnson C., et al. University of Sussex 10.25377/sussex.26935696.v1
2025 Journal Article Texture and friction classification: optical TacTip vs. vibrational piezoelectric and accelerometer tactile sensors Shepherd D., Husbands P., Philippides A., et al. Sensors, MDPI 10.3390/s25164971
2024 Conference Paper Versatility of low-resolution tactile sensing for edge and pose detection Shepherd D., Husbands P., Johnson C., et al. IEEE AIRC 2024 10.1109/AIRC61399.2024.10671677
2023 Conference Paper Low-resolution sensing for sim-to-real complex terrain robots Shepherd D., Knight J. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (LNCS) 10.1007/978-3-031-43360-3_16
2022 Conference Paper Evolving complex terrain navigation: emergent contour following from a low-resolution sensor Shepherd D., Knight J. UKRAS 2022 10.31256/yp7gw5i
2023 Preprint Slip Detection and Surface Prediction Through Bio-Inspired Tactile Feedback Shepherd D., Husbands P., Johnson C., et al. arXiv (Cornell University) 10.48550/arXiv.2310.08192
2023 Dissertation Bio-Inspired Robotic Navigation On Varied Terrain Shepherd D. Research Gate 10.13140/RG.2.2.26032.16646



Year Event City Country Your Role Award / Notes Abstract / Paper Link
2026 ICRA Vienna Austria Attendee — —
2025 Robosoft Lausanne Switzerland Poster Presentation — Link
2024 Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) Delft Netherlands Poster Presentation — Link
2024 IEEE artificial intelligence, robotics and control Cairo Egypt Oral Presentation Best Presenter Award Link
2023 ICRA London United Kingdom Attendee — Link
2023 UKRAS Conference Cambridge United Kingdom Poster Presentation — Link
2023 Robotics Summer School (MILA) Montreal Canada Participant — —
2022 Insect-Inspired Technologies Conference Edinburgh United Kingdom Attendee — —
2022 UKRAS Aberystwyth United Kingdom Paper Presentation Best Paper Award Link