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While there exists many methods for manipulating rigid objects with parallel-jaw grippers, grasping with multi-finger robotic hands remains a quite unexplored research topic. Reasoning and planning collision-free trajectories on the…

This paper introduces a framework to plan grasps with multi-fingered hands. The framework includes a multi-dimensional iterative surface fitting (MDISF) for grasp planning and a grasp trajectory optimization (GTO) for grasp imagination. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-19 Yongxiang Fan , Masayoshi Tomizuka

Grasp planning and most specifically the grasp space exploration is still an open issue in robotics. This article presents an efficient procedure for exploring the grasp space of a multifingered adaptive gripper for generating reliable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Clément Rolinat , Mathieu Grossard , Saifeddine Aloui , Christelle Godin

We propose a novel approach to multi-fingered grasp planning leveraging learned deep neural network models. We train a convolutional neural network to predict grasp success as a function of both visual information of an object and grasp…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-04-11 Qingkai Lu , Kautilya Chenna , Balakumar Sundaralingam , Tucker Hermans

Grasping is an incredible ability of animals using their arms and limbs in their daily life. The human hand is an especially astonishing multi-fingered tool for precise grasping, which helped humans to develop the modern world. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-03 Jose James

Robotic pick and place stands at the heart of autonomous manipulation. When conducted in cluttered or complex environments robots must jointly reason about the selected grasp and desired placement locations to ensure success. While several…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Mohanraj Devendran Shanthi , Tucker Hermans

Learning-based approaches to grasp planning are preferred over analytical methods due to their ability to better generalize to new, partially observed objects. However, data collection remains one of the biggest bottlenecks for grasp…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Qingkai Lu , Mark Van der Merwe , Tucker Hermans

Grasping an unknown object is difficult for robot hands. When the characteristics of the object are unknown, knowing how to plan the speed at and width to which the fingers are narrowed is difficult. In this paper, we propose a method to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Shunsuke Tokiwa , Hikaru Arita , Yosuke Suzuki , Kenji Tahara

Robotic grasping requires safe force interaction to prevent a grasped object from being damaged or slipping out of the hand. In this vein, this paper proposes an integrated framework for grasping with formal safety guarantees based on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Yitaek Kim , Jeeseop Kim , Albert H. Li , Aaron D. Ames , Christoffer Sloth

Grasp planning and most specifically the grasp space exploration is still an open issue in robotics. This article presents a data-driven oriented methodology to model the grasp space of a multi-fingered adaptive gripper for known objects.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Clément Rolinat , Mathieu Grossard , Saifeddine Aloui , Christelle Godin

To achieve a successful grasp, gripper attributes such as its geometry and kinematics play a role as important as the object geometry. The majority of previous work has focused on developing grasp methods that generalize over novel object…

When performing manipulation-based activities such as picking objects, a mobile robot needs to position its base at a location that supports successful execution. To address this problem, prominent approaches typically rely on costly grasp…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Manish Saini , Melvin Paul Jacob , Minh Nguyen , Nico Hochgeschwender

Enabling multi-fingered robots to grasp and manipulate objects with human-like dexterity is especially challenging during the dynamic, continuous hand-object interactions. Closed-loop feedback control is essential for dexterous hands to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Dongying Tian , Xiangbo Lin , Yi Sun

Different manipulation tasks require different types of grasps. For example, holding a heavy tool like a hammer requires a multi-fingered power grasp offering stability, while holding a pen to write requires a multi-fingered precision grasp…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-01-11 Qingkai Lu , Tucker Hermans

Dual-arm robotic grasping is crucial for handling large objects that require stable and coordinated manipulation. While single-arm grasping has been extensively studied, datasets tailored for dual-arm settings remain scarce. We introduce a…

Quadruped robots are increasingly used in various applications due to their high mobility and ability to operate in diverse terrains. However, most available quadruped robots are primarily focused on mobility without object manipulation…

Robotic grasping is a fundamental skill required for object manipulation in robotics. Multi-fingered robotic hands, which mimic the structure of the human hand, can potentially perform complex object manipulation. Nevertheless, current…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Philipp Blättner , Johannes Brand , Gerhard Neumann , Ngo Anh Vien

We introduce a large-scale dataset named MultiGripperGrasp for robotic grasping. Our dataset contains 30.4M grasps from 11 grippers for 345 objects. These grippers range from two-finger grippers to five-finger grippers, including a human…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Luis Felipe Casas , Ninad Khargonkar , Balakrishnan Prabhakaran , Yu Xiang

The purpose of this benchmark is to evaluate the planning and control aspects of robotic in-hand manipulation systems. The goal is to assess the system's ability to change the pose of a hand-held object by either using the fingers,…

Human grasps can be roughly categorized into two types: power grasps and precision grasps. Precision grasping enables tool use and is believed to have influenced human evolution. Today's multi-fingered robotic hands are effective in power…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Jianglong Ye , Lai Wei , Guangqi Jiang , Changwei Jing , Xueyan Zou , Xiaolong Wang