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This paper proposes a novel approach to performing in-grasp manipulation: the problem of moving an object with reference to the palm from an initial pose to a goal pose without breaking or making contacts. Our method to perform in-grasp…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-06-12 Balakumar Sundaralingam , Tucker Hermans

Trajectory planning in dense, interactive traffic scenarios presents significant challenges for autonomous vehicles, primarily due to the uncertainty of human driver behavior and the non-convex nature of collision avoidance constraints.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-30 Erik Börve , Nikolce Murgovski , Leo Laine

This paper presents an optimization approach for generating custom manipulator configurations using a proposed unconventional modular library. An end-to-end solution is presented in which the resulting optimal models of the modular…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Anubhav Dogra , Srikant Sekhar Padhee , Ekta Singla

In the field of precision manufacturing in complex constrained environments, the role of soft robots is increasingly prominent, and the realization of anti-winding control based on multi-intelligent body reinforcement learning has become a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Haoyang Le , Shengxuan Wang , Mohan Chen , Shuo Feng

In this paper we use an affine connection formulation to study an optimal control problem for a class of nonholonomic, under-actuated mechanical systems. In particular, we aim at minimizing the norm-squared of the control input to move the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Islam I. Hussein , Anthony M. Bloch

This paper delves into various robotic manipulation control methods designed for dynamic contact tooling operations on a robotic repair platform. The explored control strategies include hybrid position-force control, admittance control,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Joong-Ku Lee , Young Soo Park

This paper presents, for the first time, a method for learning in-contact tasks from a teleoperated demonstration with a hydraulic manipulator. Due to the use of extremely powerful hydraulic manipulator, a force-reflected bilateral…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Markku Suomalainen , Janne Koivumäki , Santeri Lampinen , Ville Kyrki , Jouni Mattila

Autonomous manipulation in robot arms is a complex and evolving field of study in robotics. This paper proposes work stands at the intersection of two innovative approaches in the field of robotics and machine learning. Inspired by the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Thanpimon Buamanee , Masato Kobayashi , Yuki Uranishi , Haruo Takemura

We introduce One-Shot Dual-Arm Imitation Learning (ODIL), which enables dual-arm robots to learn precise and coordinated everyday tasks from just a single demonstration of the task. ODIL uses a new three-stage visual servoing (3-VS) method…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Yilong Wang , Edward Johns

Robot arms have been using in different systems, which the control of designed in desired trajectory is the main task. Also, it is anticipated that while in operation the developed 2DoF robot arm will be constantly encountered with noises…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-27 Mehran Rahmani , Asif Al Zubayer Swapnil , Ivan Rulik

Complex dexterous manipulations require switching between prehensile and non-prehensile grasps, and sliding and pivoting the object against the environment. This paper presents a manipulation planner that is able to reason about diverse…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Mengchao Zhang , Devesh K. Jha , Arvind U. Raghunathan , Kris Hauser

The intricate and multi-stage task in dynamic public spaces like luggage trolley collection in airports presents both a promising opportunity and an ongoing challenge for automated service robots. Previous research has primarily focused on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Peijia Xie , Bingyi Xia , Anjun Hu , Ziqi Zhao , Lingxiao Meng , Zhirui Sun , Xuheng Gao , Jiankun Wang , Max Q. -H. Meng

Collaborative robots must continually adapt to novel tasks and user preferences without overburdening the user. While prior interactive robot learning methods aim to reduce human effort, they are typically limited to single-task scenarios…

Uncertainties in contact dynamics and object geometry remain significant barriers to robust robotic manipulation. Caging mitigates these uncertainties by constraining an object's mobility without requiring precise contact modeling. However,…

Plant factory cultivation is widely recognized for its ability to optimize resource use and boost crop yields. To further increase the efficiency in these environments, we propose a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) framework that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Yuankai Zhu , Wenwu Lu , Guoqiang Ren , Yibin Ying , Stavros Vougioukas , Chen Peng

This paper explores the possibility of improving bilateral robot manipulation task performance through optimizing the robot morphology and configuration of the system through motion. To optimize the design for different scenarios, we select…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Lasitha Wijayarathne , Juan Vallejo , Anthony Barnum , Zachary Cloutier , Frank L. Hammond

This paper presents OpTaS, a task specification Python library for Trajectory Optimization (TO) and Model Predictive Control (MPC) in robotics. Both TO and MPC are increasingly receiving interest in optimal control and in particular…

This paper addresses the challenge of occluded robot grasping, i.e. grasping in situations where the desired grasp poses are kinematically infeasible due to environmental constraints such as surface collisions. Traditional robot…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Jun Yamada , Alexander L. Mitchell , Jack Collins , Ingmar Posner

An impedance-based control scheme is introduced for cooperative manipulators grasping a rigid load. The position and orientation of the load are to be maintained close to a desired trajectory, trading off tracking accuracy by low energy…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Amin Ghorbanpour , Hanz Richter

We tackle the problem of developing humanoid loco-manipulation skills with deep imitation learning. The difficulty of collecting task demonstrations and training policies for humanoids with a high degree of freedom presents substantial…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Mingyo Seo , Steve Han , Kyutae Sim , Seung Hyeon Bang , Carlos Gonzalez , Luis Sentis , Yuke Zhu