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A representation gap exists between grasp synthesis for rigid and soft grippers. Anygrasp [1] and many other grasp synthesis methods are designed for rigid parallel grippers, and adapting them to soft grippers often fails to capture their…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Tanisha Parulekar , Ge Shi , Josh Pinskier , David Howard , Jen Jen Chung

This study introduces a novel language-guided diffusion-based learning framework, DexTOG, aimed at advancing the field of task-oriented grasping (TOG) with dexterous hands. Unlike existing methods that mainly focus on 2-finger grippers,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Jieyi Zhang , Wenqiang Xu , Zhenjun Yu , Pengfei Xie , Tutian Tang , Cewu Lu

Dexterous grasp datasets are vital for embodied intelligence, but mostly emphasize grasp stability, ignoring functional grasps needed for tasks like opening bottle caps or holding cup handles. Most rely on bulky, costly, and hard-to-control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Haoran Lin , Wenrui Chen , Xianchi Chen , Fan Yang , Qiang Diao , Wenxin Xie , Sijie Wu , Kailun Yang , Maojun Li , Yaonan Wang

This paper concerns the problem of how to learn to grasp dexterously, so as to be able to then grasp novel objects seen only from a single view-point. Recently, progress has been made in data-efficient learning of generative grasp models…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-16 Marek Kopicki , Dominik Belter , Jeremy L. Wyatt

Task-oriented dexterous grasping remains challenging in robotic manipulations of open-world objects under severe partial observation, where significant missing data invalidates generic shape completion. In this paper, to overcome this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Weishang Wu , Yifei Shi , Zhiping Cai

Functional grasping is essential for humans to perform specific tasks, such as grasping scissors by the finger holes to cut materials or by the blade to safely hand them over. Enabling dexterous robot hands with functional grasping…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Linyi Huang , Hui Zhang , Zijian Wu , Sammy Christen , Jie Song

Dexterous grasping in cluttered environments presents substantial challenges due to the high degrees of freedom of dexterous hands, occlusion, and potential collisions arising from diverse object geometries and complex layouts. To address…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Jiyao Zhang , Zhiyuan Ma , Tianhao Wu , Zeyuan Chen , Hao Dong

Simultaneously grasping and delivering multiple objects can significantly enhance robotic work efficiency and has been a key research focus for decades. The primary challenge lies in determining how to push objects, group them, and execute…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Takahiro Yonemaru , Weiwei Wan , Tatsuki Nishimura , Kensuke Harada

Generating natural hand-object interactions in 3D is challenging as the resulting hand and object motions are expected to be physically plausible and semantically meaningful. Furthermore, generalization to unseen objects is hindered by the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Sammy Christen , Shreyas Hampali , Fadime Sener , Edoardo Remelli , Tomas Hodan , Eric Sauser , Shugao Ma , Bugra Tekin

Achieving generalizable and precise robotic manipulation across diverse environments remains a critical challenge, largely due to limitations in spatial perception. While prior imitation-learning approaches have made progress, their…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Yiqi Huang , Travis Davies , Jiahuan Yan , Jiankai Sun , Xiang Chen , Luhui Hu

This paper aims to improve robots' versatility and adaptability by allowing them to use a large variety of end-effector tools and quickly adapt to new tools. We propose AdaGrasp, a method to learn a single grasping policy that generalizes…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Zhenjia Xu , Beichun Qi , Shubham Agrawal , Shuran Song

Grasp detection of novel objects in unstructured environments is a key capability in robotic manipulation. For 2D grasp detection problems where grasps are assumed to lie in the plane, it is common to design a fully convolutional neural…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Andreas ten Pas , Colin Keil , Robert Platt

Handover between a human and a dexterous robotic hand is a fundamental yet challenging task in human-robot collaboration. It requires handling dynamic environments and a wide variety of objects and demands robust and adaptive grasping…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Youzhuo Wang , Jiayi Ye , Chuyang Xiao , Yiming Zhong , Heng Tao , Hang Yu , Yumeng Liu , Jingyi Yu , Yuexin Ma

Dexterous grasping of unseen objects in dynamic environments is an essential prerequisite for the advanced manipulation of autonomous robots. Prior advances rely on several assumptions that simplify the setup, including environment…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Yannick Burkhardt , Qian Feng , Jianxiang Feng , Karan Sharma , Zhaopeng Chen , Alois Knoll

The ability of robotic grippers to not only grasp but also re-position and re-orient objects in-hand is crucial for achieving versatile, general-purpose manipulation. While recent advances in soft robotic grasping has greatly improved grasp…

Transferring the depth-based end-to-end policy trained in simulation to physical robots can yield an efficient and robust grasping policy, yet sensor artifacts in real depth maps like voids and noise establish a significant sim2real gap…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Yingting Zhou , Wenbo Cui , Weiheng Liu , Guixing Chen , Haoran Li , Dongbin Zhao

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 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

Achieving reliable robotic manipulation, such as dexterous grasping, requires a synergy between physically stable interactions and semantic task guidance, yet these objectives are often treated as separate, disjoint goals. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Han Yi Shin , Heeju Ko , Jaewon Mun , Qixing Huang , Jaehyeok Lee , Sung June Kim , Honglak Lee , Sujin Jang , Sangpil Kim

Multi-objective optimization problems are ubiquitous in robotics, e.g., the optimization of a robot manipulation task requires a joint consideration of grasp pose configurations, collisions and joint limits. While some demands can be easily…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Julen Urain , Niklas Funk , Jan Peters , Georgia Chalvatzaki