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Understanding and manipulating deformable objects (e.g., ropes and fabrics) is an essential yet challenging task with broad applications. Difficulties come from complex states and dynamics, diverse configurations and high-dimensional action…
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Imitation learning has demonstrated impressive results in robotic manipulation but fails under out-of-distribution (OOD) states. This limitation is particularly critical in Deformable Object Manipulation (DOM), where the near-infinite…
Robotic grasping of 3D deformable objects (e.g., fruits/vegetables, internal organs, bottles/boxes) is critical for real-world applications such as food processing, robotic surgery, and household automation. However, developing grasp…
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