Tool Macgyvering: Tool Construction Using Geometric Reasoning
Abstract
MacGyvering is defined as creating or repairing something in an inventive or improvised way by utilizing objects that are available at hand. In this paper, we explore a subset of Macgyvering problems involving tool construction, i.e., creating tools from parts available in the environment. We formalize the overall problem domain of tool Macgyvering, introducing three levels of complexity for tool construction and substitution problems, and presenting a novel computational framework aimed at solving one level of the tool Macgyvering problem, specifically contributing a novel algorithm for tool construction based on geometric reasoning. We validate our approach by constructing three tools using a 7-DOF robot arm.
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@article{arxiv.1902.03666,
title = {Tool Macgyvering: Tool Construction Using Geometric Reasoning},
author = {Lakshmi Nair and Jonathan Balloch and Sonia Chernova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.03666},
year = {2020}
}
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Video demonstration available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxnm8iu1TS75YNXcAiI-nEw Conference: Accepted to International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2019