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Most existing 6-DoF robot grasping solutions depend on strong supervision on grasp pose to ensure satisfactory performance, which could be laborious and impractical when the robot works in some restricted area. To this end, we propose a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-05 Xiwen Dengxiong , Xueting Wang , Shi Bai , Yunbo Zhang

Robotic grasping traditionally relies on object features or shape information for learning new or applying already learned grasps. We argue however that such a strong reliance on object geometric information renders grasping and grasp…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-01-05 Philipp Zech , Justus Piater

Recently, end-to-end learning frameworks are gaining prevalence in the field of robot control. These frameworks input states/images and directly predict the torques or the action parameters. However, these approaches are often critiqued due…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-09-29 Lerrel Pinto , Abhinav Gupta

We propose a new 6-DoF grasp pose synthesis approach from 2D/2.5D input based on keypoints. Keypoint-based grasp detector from image input has demonstrated promising results in the previous study, where the additional visual information…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Yiye Chen , Ruinian Xu , Yunzhi Lin , Hongyi Chen , Patricio A. Vela

Vision-based grasp estimation is an essential part of robotic manipulation tasks in the real world. Existing planar grasp estimation algorithms have been demonstrated to work well in relatively simple scenes. But when it comes to complex…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-14 Haozhe Wang , Zhiyang Liu , Lei Zhou , Huan Yin , Marcelo H Ang

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 objects in cluttered environments remains a fundamental yet challenging problem in robotic manipulation. While prior works have explored learning-based synergies between pushing and grasping for two-fingered grippers, few have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Lixin Xu , Zixuan Liu , Zhewei Gui , Jingxiang Guo , Zeyu Jiang , Tongzhou Zhang , Zhixuan Xu , Chongkai Gao , Lin Shao

Imitation learning and world models have shown significant promise in advancing generalizable robotic learning, with robotic grasping remaining a critical challenge for achieving precise manipulation. Existing methods often rely heavily on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Yiqi Huang , Travis Davies , Jiahuan Yan , Xiang Chen , Yu Tian , Luhui Hu

Grasp learning in noisy environments, such as occlusions, sensor noise, and out-of-distribution (OOD) objects, poses significant challenges. Recent learning-based approaches focus primarily on capturing aleatoric uncertainty from inherent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Yitian Shi , Edgar Welte , Maximilian Gilles , Rania Rayyes

Warehouse robotic systems equipped with vacuum grippers must reliably grasp a diverse range of objects from densely packed shelves. However, these environments present significant challenges, including occlusions, diverse object…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Paolo Torrado , Joshua Levin , Markus Grotz , Joshua Smith

The method of deep learning has achieved excellent results in improving the performance of robotic grasping detection. However, the deep learning methods used in general object detection are not suitable for robotic grasping detection.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Hu Cao , Guang Chen , Zhijun Li , Jianjie Lin , Alois Knoll

Grasping is a complex process involving knowledge of the object, the surroundings, and of oneself. While humans are able to integrate and process all of the sensory information required for performing this task, equipping machines with this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-01-12 Matthew Veres , Medhat Moussa , Graham W. Taylor

General robotic grippers are challenging to control because of their rich nonsmooth contact dynamics and the many sources of uncertainties due to the environment or sensor noise. In this work, we demonstrate how to compute 6-DoF grasp poses…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Norman Marlier , Olivier Brüls , Gilles Louppe

It has always been expected that a robot can be easily deployed to unknown scenarios, accomplishing robotic grasping tasks without human intervention. Nevertheless, existing grasp detection approaches are typically off-body techniques and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Jin Liu , Jialong Xie , Leibing Xiao , Chaoqun Wang , Fengyu Zhou

Contemporary grasp detection approaches employ deep learning to achieve robustness to sensor and object model uncertainty. The two dominant approaches design either grasp-quality scoring or anchor-based grasp recognition networks. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-16 Ruinian Xu , Fu-Jen Chu , Patricio A. Vela

Multiple-suction-cup grasping can improve the efficiency of bin picking in cluttered scenes. In this paper, we propose a grasp planner for a vacuum gripper to use multiple suction cups to simultaneously grasp multiple objects or an object…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-24 Ping Jiang , Junji Oaki , Yoshiyuki Ishihara , Junichiro Ooga

Pushing objects through cluttered scenes is a challenging task, especially when the objects to be pushed have initially unknown dynamics and touching other entities has to be avoided to reduce the risk of damage. In this paper, we approach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-18 Nils Dengler , David Großklaus , Maren Bennewitz

Deep learning has significantly advanced computer vision and natural language processing. While there have been some successes in robotics using deep learning, it has not been widely adopted. In this paper, we present a novel robotic grasp…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Sulabh Kumra , Christopher Kanan

For humans, the process of grasping an object relies heavily on rich tactile feedback. Most recent robotic grasping work, however, has been based only on visual input, and thus cannot easily benefit from feedback after initiating contact.…

We want to build robots that are useful in unstructured real world applications, such as doing work in the household. Grasping in particular is an important skill in this domain, yet it remains a challenge. One of the key hurdles is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-11-21 Ulrich Viereck , Andreas ten Pas , Kate Saenko , Robert Platt