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The ability to robustly grasp a variety of objects is essential for dexterous robots. In this paper, we present a framework for zero-shot dynamic dexterous grasping using single-view visual inputs, designed to be resilient to various…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-15 Hui Zhang , Zijian Wu , Linyi Huang , Sammy Christen , Jie Song

We present an approach to learn an object-centric forward model, and show that this allows us to plan for sequences of actions to achieve distant desired goals. We propose to model a scene as a collection of objects, each with an explicit…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-09 Yufei Ye , Dhiraj Gandhi , Abhinav Gupta , Shubham Tulsiani

A generalist robot equipped with learned skills must be able to perform many tasks in many different environments. However, zero-shot generalization to new settings is not always possible. When the robot encounters a new environment or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Alexander Khazatsky , Ashvin Nair , Daniel Jing , Sergey Levine

Previous soft tissue manipulation studies assumed that the grasping point was known and the target deformation can be achieved. During the operation, the constraints are supposed to be constant, and there is no obstacles around the soft…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Xian He , Shuai Zhang , Shanlin Yang , Bo Ouyang

A robot operating in unstructured environments must be able to discriminate between different grasping styles depending on the prospective manipulation task. Having a system that allows learning from remote non-expert demonstrations can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Furkan Kaynar , Sudarshan Rajagopalan , Shaobo Zhou , Eckehard Steinbach

Deformable object manipulation presents a unique set of challenges in robotic manipulation by exhibiting high degrees of freedom and severe self-occlusion. State representation for materials that exhibit plastic behavior, like modeling clay…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Alison Bartsch , Charlotte Avra , Amir Barati Farimani

Object handover is a basic, but essential capability for robots interacting with humans in many applications, e.g., caring for the elderly and assisting workers in manufacturing workshops. It appears deceptively simple, as humans perform…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-03-22 Andras Kupcsik , David Hsu , Wee Sun Lee

The pre-training and fine-tuning methods have gained widespread attention in the field of heterogeneous graph neural networks due to their ability to leverage large amounts of unlabeled data during the pre-training phase, allowing the model…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Pengfei Jiao , Jialong Ni , Di Jin , Xuan Guo , Huan Liu , Hongjiang Chen , Yanxian Bi

Robot grasping is an actively studied area in robotics, mainly focusing on the quality of generated grasps for object manipulation. However, despite advancements, these methods do not consider the human-robot collaboration settings where…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-10 Abhinav K. Keshari , Hanwen Ren , Ahmed H. Qureshi

Perception is essential for the active interaction of physical agents with the external environment. The integration of multiple sensory modalities, such as touch and vision, enhances this perceptual process, creating a more comprehensive…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Enrico Donato , Egidio Falotico , Thomas George Thuruthel

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

We present an approach to learn general robot manipulation priors from 3D hand-object interaction trajectories. We build a framework to use in-the-wild videos to generate sensorimotor robot trajectories. We do so by lifting both the human…

Dexterous robotic hands have the capability to interact with a wide variety of household objects to perform tasks like grasping. However, learning robust real world grasping policies for arbitrary objects has proven challenging due to the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-26 Zoey Qiuyu Chen , Karl Van Wyk , Yu-Wei Chao , Wei Yang , Arsalan Mousavian , Abhishek Gupta , Dieter Fox

Learning data-efficient object dynamics models for robotic manipulation remains challenging, especially for deformable objects. A popular approach is to model objects as sets of 3D particles and learn their motion using graph neural…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Sergio Orozco , Tushar Kusnur , Brandon May , George Konidaris , Laura Herlant

Fabric manipulation has applications in folding blankets, handling patient clothing, and protecting items with covers. It is challenging for robots to perform fabric manipulation since fabrics have infinite-dimensional configuration spaces,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Vedant Raval , Enyu Zhao , Hejia Zhang , Stefanos Nikolaidis , Daniel Seita

Humans naturally "program" a fellow collaborator to perform a task by demonstrating the task few times. It is intuitive, therefore, for a human to program a collaborative robot by demonstration and many paradigms use a single demonstration…

Robotic manipulation has made significant advancements, with systems demonstrating high precision and repeatability. However, this remarkable precision often fails to translate into efficient manipulation of thin deformable objects. Current…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Chao Zhao , Chunli Jiang , Lifan Luo , Shuai Yuan , Qifeng Chen , Hongyu Yu

In this paper, we study the problem of learning vision-based dynamic manipulation skills using a scalable reinforcement learning approach. We study this problem in the context of grasping, a longstanding challenge in robotic manipulation.…

Predictive models are a crucial component of many robotic systems. Yet, constructing accurate predictive models for a variety of deformable objects, especially those with unknown physical properties, remains a significant challenge. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Kaifeng Zhang , Baoyu Li , Kris Hauser , Yunzhu Li