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As the prevalence of wearable devices, learning egocentric motions becomes essential to develop contextual AI. In this work, we present EgoLM, a versatile framework that tracks and understands egocentric motions from multi-modal inputs,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Fangzhou Hong , Vladimir Guzov , Hyo Jin Kim , Yuting Ye , Richard Newcombe , Ziwei Liu , Lingni Ma

In mobile manipulation (MM), robots can both navigate within and interact with their environment and are thus able to complete many more tasks than robots only capable of navigation or manipulation. In this work, we explore how to apply…

We present EMBED (Egocentric Models Built with Exocentric Data), a method designed to transform exocentric video-language data for egocentric video representation learning. Large-scale exocentric data covers diverse activities with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Zi-Yi Dou , Xitong Yang , Tushar Nagarajan , Huiyu Wang , Jing Huang , Nanyun Peng , Kris Kitani , Fu-Jen Chu

We describe a mobile manipulation hardware and software system capable of autonomously performing complex human-level tasks in real homes, after being taught the task with a single demonstration from a person in virtual reality. This is…

Machine learning (ML) is increasingly applied to optimize system performance in tasks such as resource management and network simulation. Unlike traditional ML tasks (e.g., image classification), networked systems often operate in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Daiyang Yu , Xinyu Chen , Yihan Zhang , Yan Liang , Yaqi Qiao , Fan Lai

Recently the use of mobile technologies in Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA) and Interventions (EMI) has made it easier to collect data suitable for intra-individual variability studies in the medical field. Nevertheless, especially…

The advancements in embodied AI are increasingly enabling robots to tackle complex real-world tasks, such as household manipulation. However, the deployment of robots in these environments remains constrained by the lack of comprehensive…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-07 Tianle Zhang , Dongjiang Li , Yihang Li , Zecui Zeng , Lin Zhao , Lei Sun , Yue Chen , Xuelong Wei , Yibing Zhan , Lusong Li , Xiaodong He

Mobile manipulators are increasingly deployed in human-centered environments to perform tasks. While completing such tasks, they should also be able to communicate their intent to the people around them using expressive robot behaviors.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Souren Pashangpour , Haitong Wang , Matthew Lisondra , Goldie Nejat

Robot learning increasingly depends on large and diverse data, yet robot data collection remains expensive and difficult to scale. Egocentric human data offer a promising alternative by capturing rich manipulation behavior across everyday…

Current approaches for humanoid whole-body manipulation, primarily relying on teleoperation or visual sim-to-real reinforcement learning, are hindered by hardware logistics and complex reward engineering. Consequently, demonstrated…

Scaling real robot data is a key bottleneck in imitation learning, leading to the use of auxiliary data for policy training. While other aspects of robotic manipulation such as image or language understanding may be learned from…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Chengbo Yuan , Rui Zhou , Mengzhen Liu , Yingdong Hu , Shengjie Wang , Li Yi , Chuan Wen , Shanghang Zhang , Yang Gao

Developing the next generation of household robot helpers requires combining locomotion and interaction capabilities, which is generally referred to as mobile manipulation (MoMa). MoMa tasks are difficult due to the large action space of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Jiaheng Hu , Peter Stone , Roberto Martín-Martín

The advancement of robot learning is currently hindered by the scarcity of large-scale, high-quality datasets. While established data collection methods such as teleoperation and universal manipulation interfaces dominate current datasets,…

The autonomous operation of tracked mobile manipulators in rescue missions requires not only ensuring the reachability and safety of robot motion but also maintaining stable end-effector manipulation under diverse task demands. However,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Yifei Wang , Hao Zhang , Jidong Huang , Shuohang Fang , Haoyao Chen

Moving a human body or a large and bulky object can require the strength of whole arm manipulation (WAM). This type of manipulation places the load on the robot's arms and relies on global properties of the interaction to succeed---rather…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-13 Weihao Yuan , Kaiyu Hang , Haoran Song , Danica Kragic , Michael Y. Wang , Johannes A. Stork

Recent advancements in robotics have enabled robots to navigate complex scenes or manipulate diverse objects independently. However, robots are still impotent in many household tasks requiring coordinated behaviors such as opening doors.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Ruihan Yang , Yejin Kim , Rose Hendrix , Aniruddha Kembhavi , Xiaolong Wang , Kiana Ehsani

Humans can rearrange objects in cluttered environments using egocentric perception, navigating occlusions without global coordinates. Inspired by this capability, we study long-horizon multi-object non-prehensile rearrangement for mobile…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Boyuan An , Zhexiong Wang , Yipeng Wang , Jiaqi Li , Sihang Li , Jing Zhang , Chen Feng

Complex manipulation tasks often require robots with complementary capabilities to collaborate. We introduce a benchmark for LanguagE-Conditioned Multi-robot MAnipulation (LEMMA) focused on task allocation and long-horizon object…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Ran Gong , Xiaofeng Gao , Qiaozi Gao , Suhaila Shakiah , Govind Thattai , Gaurav S. Sukhatme

This paper presents GAMMA, a general motion prediction model that enables large-scale real-time simulation and planning for autonomous driving. GAMMA models heterogeneous, interactive traffic agents. They operate under diverse road…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-27 Yuanfu Luo , Panpan Cai , Yiyuan Lee , David Hsu

Mobile manipulation typically entails the base for mobility, the arm for accurate manipulation, and the camera for perception. The principle of Distant Mobility, Close Grasping(DMCG) is essential for holistic control. We propose Embodied…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Jiawen Wang , Yixiang Jin , Jun Shi , Yong A , Dingzhe Li , Fuchun Sun , Dingsheng Luo , Bin Fang