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We introduce an efficient approach for learning dexterous grasping with minimal data, advancing robotic manipulation capabilities across different robotic hands. Unlike traditional methods that require millions of grasp labels for each…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Hao-Shu Fang , Hengxu Yan , Zhenyu Tang , Hongjie Fang , Chenxi Wang , Cewu Lu

Human dexterity is an invaluable capability for precise manipulation of objects in complex tasks. The capability of robots to similarly grasp and perform in-hand manipulation of objects is critical for their use in the ever changing human…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Abraham Itzhak Weinberg , Alon Shirizly , Osher Azulay , Avishai Sintov

In-hand object reorientation is necessary for performing many dexterous manipulation tasks, such as tool use in less structured environments that remain beyond the reach of current robots. Prior works built reorientation systems assuming…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Tao Chen , Megha Tippur , Siyang Wu , Vikash Kumar , Edward Adelson , Pulkit Agrawal

Human hands possess remarkable dexterity and have long served as a source of inspiration for robotic manipulation. In this work, we propose a human $\textbf{H}$and$\textbf{-In}$formed visual representation learning framework to solve…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-16 Yanjie Ze , Yuyao Liu , Ruizhe Shi , Jiaxin Qin , Zhecheng Yuan , Jiashun Wang , Huazhe Xu

Dexterous telemanipulation is crucial in advancing human-robot systems, especially in tasks requiring precise and safe manipulation. However, it faces significant challenges due to the physical differences between human and robotic hands,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-05 Haoyang Wang , He Bai , Xiaoli Zhang , Yunsik Jung , Michel Bowman , Lingfeng Tao

Grasping is a fundamental capability for robots to interact with the physical world. Humans, equipped with two hands, autonomously select appropriate grasp strategies based on the shape, size, and weight of objects, enabling robust grasping…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Sizhe Yang , Yiman Xie , Zhixuan Liang , Yang Tian , Jia Zeng , Dahua Lin , Jiangmiao Pang

Human skin provides a rich tactile sensing stream, localizing intentional and unintentional contact events over a large and contoured region. Replicating these tactile sensing capabilities for dexterous robotic manipulation systems remains…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Suzannah Wistreich , Baiyu Shi , Stephen Tian , Samuel Clarke , Michael Nath , Chengyi Xu , Zhenan Bao , Jiajun Wu

Recent studies have made significant progress in addressing dexterous manipulation problems, particularly in in-hand object reorientation. However, there are few existing works that explore the potential utilization of developed dexterous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Tao Chen , Eric Cousineau , Naveen Kuppuswamy , Pulkit Agrawal

Grasping large and flat objects (e.g. a book or a pan) is often regarded as an ungraspable task, which poses significant challenges due to the unreachable grasping poses. Previous works leverage Extrinsic Dexterity like walls or table edges…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Chengzhong Ma , Houxue Yang , Hanbo Zhang , Zeyang Liu , Chao Zhao , Jian Tang , Xuguang Lan , Nanning Zheng

Humans naturally exhibit bilateral symmetry in their gross manipulation skills, effortlessly mirroring simple actions between left and right hands. Bimanual robots-which also feature bilateral symmetry-should similarly exploit this property…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Zechu Li , Yufeng Jin , Daniel Ordonez Apraez , Claudio Semini , Puze Liu , Georgia Chalvatzaki

Planning physically feasible dexterous hand manipulation is a central challenge in robotic manipulation and Embodied AI. Prior work typically relies on object-centric cues or precise hand-object interaction sequences, foregoing the rich,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Zhenhao Zhang , Jiaxin Liu , Ye Shi , Jingya Wang

Dexterous in-hand manipulation is a unique and valuable human skill requiring sophisticated sensorimotor interaction with the environment while respecting stability constraints. Satisfying these constraints with generated motions is…

Achieving human-like dexterous manipulation remains a crucial area of research in robotics. Current research focuses on improving the success rate of pick-and-place tasks. Compared with pick-and-place, throwing-catching behavior has the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Fengbo Lan , Shengjie Wang , Yunzhe Zhang , Haotian Xu , Oluwatosin Oseni , Ziye Zhang , Yang Gao , Tao Zhang

Achieving human-like dexterous robotic manipulation remains a central goal and a pivotal challenge in robotics. The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has allowed rapid progress in robotic manipulation. This survey summarizes the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Gaofeng Li , Ruize Wang , Peisen Xu , Qi Ye , Jiming Chen

Bimanual robotic manipulation is an emerging and critical topic in the robotics community. Previous works primarily rely on integrated control models that take the perceptions and states of both arms as inputs to directly predict their…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Jian-Jian Jiang , Xiao-Ming Wu , Yi-Xiang He , Ling-An Zeng , Yi-Lin Wei , Dandan Zhang , Wei-Shi Zheng

Tactile information plays a critical role in human dexterity. It reveals useful contact information that may not be inferred directly from vision. In fact, humans can even perform in-hand dexterous manipulation without using vision. Can we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Zhao-Heng Yin , Binghao Huang , Yuzhe Qin , Qifeng Chen , Xiaolong Wang

We present a novel approach to synthesize dexterous motions for physically simulated hands in tasks that require coordination between the control of two hands with high temporal precision. Instead of directly learning a joint policy to…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-02-20 Pei Xu , Ruocheng Wang

Bimanual manipulation, i.e., the coordinated use of two robotic arms to complete tasks, is essential for achieving human-level dexterity in robotics. Recent simulation benchmarks, e.g., RoboTwin and RLBench2, have advanced data-driven…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Xingyu Peng , Chen Gao , Liankai Jin , Annan Li , Si Liu

In-hand object manipulation is an important capability for dexterous manipulation. In this paper, we introduce a modeling and planning framework for in-hand object reconfiguration, focusing on frictional patch contacts between the robot's…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-22 An Dang , James Lorenz , Xili Yi , Nima Fazeli

Synthesizing human motion has advanced rapidly, yet realistic hand motion and bimanual interaction remain underexplored. Whole-body models often miss the fine-grained cues that drive dexterous behavior, finger articulation, contact timing,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Zimu Zhang , Yucheng Zhang , Xiyan Xu , Ziyin Wang , Sirui Xu , Kai Zhou , Bing Zhou , Chuan Guo , Jian Wang , Yu-Xiong Wang , Liang-Yan Gui