I am grateful for the opportunity to spend a one-week research visit at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be’er Sheva, Israel, from 24th to 30th October 2025. Hosted by Prof. Ilana Nisky within the vibrant research environment of her lab, this visit was generously funded by the International Senior Academic Faculty Visits Program at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

During my stay, I engaged in stimulating discussions with several faculty members and researchers, exploring shared interests in haptics, tactile perception, and human–robot interaction. These exchanges provided valuable feedback on ongoing work and opened up promising avenues for future collaboration. In addition to the academic program, there was also time for informal conversations and leisure activities in and around Be’er Sheva, which made the visit both scientifically productive and personally enriching.

As part of the visit, I had the honor to present our current research on tactile perception, including results from the ACROSS, ROMEO, and Vibrosense projects, at the ABC Robotics Seminar Series at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on the 27th of October 2025. In my talk, entitled “Towards Dexterous Manipulation: From Teleoperation to Autonomous Learning”, I discussed how advanced tactile sensing and learning-based methods can support more robust and adaptive manipulation skills in robots. For more information on the ABC Robotics Seminar Series, please visit the official seminar page on the Ben-Gurion University website.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Prof. Ilana Nisky for the kind invitation and warm hospitality, to all colleagues at Ben-Gurion University for the inspiring conversations, and to the International Senior Academic Faculty Visits Program for making this visit possible. I am very much looking forward to continuing our collaboration in the future.