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Task-oriented grasping of unfamiliar objects is a necessary skill for robots in dynamic in-home environments. Inspired by the human capability to grasp such objects through intuition about their shape and structure, we present a novel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Samuel Li , Sarthak Bhagat , Joseph Campbell , Yaqi Xie , Woojun Kim , Katia Sycara , Simon Stepputtis

Language-guided robotic grasping is a rapidly advancing field where robots are instructed using human language to grasp specific objects. However, existing methods often depend on dense camera views and struggle to quickly update scenes,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Junqiu Yu , Xinlin Ren , Yongchong Gu , Haitao Lin , Tianyu Wang , Yi Zhu , Hang Xu , Yu-Gang Jiang , Xiangyang Xue , Yanwei Fu

Surgical workflow anticipation is the task of predicting the timing of relevant surgical events from live video data, which is critical in Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS). Accurate predictions require the use of spatial information to model…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Francis Xiatian Zhang , Jingjing Deng , Robert Lieck , Hubert P. H. Shum

Robotic research encounters a significant hurdle when it comes to the intricate task of grasping objects that come in various shapes, materials, and textures. Unlike many prior investigations that heavily leaned on specialized point-cloud…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-15 Chang Liu , Kejian Shi , Kaichen Zhou , Haoxiao Wang , Jiyao Zhang , Hao Dong

This paper presents a comprehensive survey on vision-based robotic grasping. We conclude three key tasks during vision-based robotic grasping, which are object localization, object pose estimation and grasp estimation. In detail, the object…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-24 Guoguang Du , Kai Wang , Shiguo Lian , Kaiyong Zhao

Interaction in virtual reality (VR) environments is essential to achieve a pleasant and immersive experience. Most of the currently existing VR applications, lack of robust object grasping and manipulation, which are the cornerstone of…

In this paper we present a visual servoing approach to the problem of object grasping and more generally, to the problem of aligning an end-effector with an object. First we extend the method proposed by Espiau et al. [1] to the case of a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-22 Radu Horaud , Fadi Dornaika , Bernard Espiau

Dynamic grasping of moving objects in complex, continuous motion scenarios remains challenging. Reinforcement Learning (RL) has been applied in various robotic manipulation tasks, benefiting from its closed-loop property. However, existing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Pengwei Xie , Siang Chen , Qianrun Chen , Wei Tang , Dingchang Hu , Yixiang Dai , Rui Chen , Guijin Wang

Dexterous grasping remains a fundamental yet challenging problem in robotics. A general-purpose robot must be capable of grasping diverse objects in arbitrary scenarios. However, existing research typically relies on restrictive…

Robotic grasping, the ability of robots to reliably secure and manipulate objects of varying shapes, sizes and orientations, is a complex task that requires precise perception and control. Deep neural networks have shown remarkable success…

Reliably planning fingertip grasps for multi-fingered hands lies as a key challenge for many tasks including tool use, insertion, and dexterous in-hand manipulation. This task becomes even more difficult when the robot lacks an accurate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Martin Matak , Tucker Hermans

In this paper, we explore deep reinforcement learning algorithms for vision-based robotic grasping. Model-free deep reinforcement learning (RL) has been successfully applied to a range of challenging environments, but the proliferation of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-03-30 Deirdre Quillen , Eric Jang , Ofir Nachum , Chelsea Finn , Julian Ibarz , Sergey Levine

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

We propose VISO-Grasp, a novel vision-language-informed system designed to systematically address visibility constraints for grasping in severely occluded environments. By leveraging Foundation Models (FMs) for spatial reasoning and active…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Yitian Shi , Di Wen , Guanqi Chen , Edgar Welte , Sheng Liu , Kunyu Peng , Rainer Stiefelhagen , Rania Rayyes

Fast grasping is critical for mobile robots in logistics, manufacturing, and service applications. Existing methods face fundamental challenges in impact stabilization under high-speed motion, real-time whole-body coordination, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Heng Tao , Yiming Zhong , Zemin Yang , Yuexin Ma

Robust grasping represents an essential task in robotics, necessitating tactile feedback and reactive grasping adjustments for robust grasping of objects. Previous research has extensively combined tactile sensing with grasping, primarily…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Yueming Hu , Mengde Li , Songhua Yang , Xuetao Li , Sheng Liu , Miao Li

Grasping under limited sensing remains a fundamental challenge for real-world robotic manipulation, as vision and high-resolution tactile sensors often introduce cost, fragility, and integration complexity. This work demonstrates that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Edgar Lee , Junho Choi , Taemin Kim , Changjoo Nam , Seokhwan Jeong

To perform household tasks, assistive robots receive commands in the form of user language instructions for tool manipulation. The initial stage involves selecting the intended tool (i.e., object grounding) and grasping it in a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Chao Tang , Dehao Huang , Lingxiao Meng , Weiyu Liu , Hong Zhang

We present RASO, a foundation model designed to Recognize Any Surgical Object, offering robust open-set recognition capabilities across a broad range of surgical procedures and object classes, in both surgical images and videos. RASO…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Jiajie Li , Brian R Quaranto , Chenhui Xu , Ishan Mishra , Ruiyang Qin , Dancheng Liu , Peter C W Kim , Jinjun Xiong

Robotic manipulation in unstructured environments requires reliable execution under diverse conditions, yet many state-of-the-art systems still struggle with high-dimensional action spaces, sparse rewards, and slow generalization beyond…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Leonidas Askianakis , Aleksandr Artemov