English
Related papers

Related papers: DexGrasp-Zero: A Morphology-Aligned Policy for Zer…

200 papers

We introduce a neural implicit representation for grasps of objects from multiple robotic hands. Different grasps across multiple robotic hands are encoded into a shared latent space. Each latent vector is learned to decode to the 3D shape…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-11 Ninad Khargonkar , Neil Song , Zesheng Xu , Balakrishnan Prabhakaran , Yu Xiang

Multi-embodiment grasping focuses on developing approaches that exhibit generalist behavior across diverse gripper designs. Existing methods often learn the kinematic structure of the robot implicitly and face challenges due to the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Roman Freiberg , Alexander Qualmann , Ngo Anh Vien , Gerhard Neumann

Dexterous multi-fingered robotic hands have a formidable action space, yet their morphological similarity to the human hand holds immense potential to accelerate robot learning. We propose DexVIP, an approach to learn dexterous robotic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-02 Priyanka Mandikal , Kristen Grauman

Multi-fingered hands offer great potential for compliant and robust grasping of unknown objects, yet their high-dimensional force control presents a significant challenge. This work addresses two key problems: (1) distributing forces across…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Yubin Ke , Jiayi Chen , Hang Lv , Xiao Zhou , He Wang

Existing navigation methods are primarily designed for specific robot embodiments, limiting their generalizability across diverse robot platforms. In this paper, we introduce X-Nav, a novel framework for end-to-end cross-embodiment…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Haitong Wang , Aaron Hao Tan , Angus Fung , Goldie Nejat

The inherent difficulty and limited scalability of collecting manipulation data using multi-fingered robot hand hardware platforms have resulted in severe data scarcity, impeding research on data-driven dexterous manipulation policy…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Wenbin Bai , Qiyu Chen , Xiangbo Lin , Jianwen Li , Quancheng Li , Hejiang Pan , Yi Sun

Imitation learning from human hand motion data presents a promising avenue for imbuing robots with human-like dexterity in real-world manipulation tasks. Despite this potential, substantial challenges persist, particularly with the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Chen Wang , Haochen Shi , Weizhuo Wang , Ruohan Zhang , Li Fei-Fei , C. Karen Liu

A dexterous hand capable of generalizable grasping objects is fundamental for the development of general-purpose embodied AI. However, previous methods focus narrowly on low-level grasp stability metrics, neglecting affordance-aware…

Grasping inhomogeneous objects in real-world applications remains a challenging task due to the unknown physical properties such as mass distribution and coefficient of friction. In this study, we propose a meta-learning algorithm called…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-15 Ning Gao , Jingyu Zhang , Ruijie Chen , Ngo Anh Vien , Hanna Ziesche , Gerhard Neumann

Training vision-based manipulation policies that are robust across diverse visual environments remains an important and unresolved challenge in robot learning. Current approaches often sidestep the problem by relying on invariant…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Sumeet Batra , Gaurav Sukhatme

We present a method for controlling a simulated humanoid to grasp an object and move it to follow an object's trajectory. Due to the challenges in controlling a humanoid with dexterous hands, prior methods often use a disembodied hand and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Zhengyi Luo , Jinkun Cao , Sammy Christen , Alexander Winkler , Kris Kitani , Weipeng Xu

Robotic grasp detection is a fundamental capability for intelligent manipulation in unstructured environments. Previous work mainly employed visual and tactile fusion to achieve stable grasp, while, the whole process depending heavily on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Teng Xue , Wenhai Liu , Mingshuo Han , Zhenyu Pan , Jin Ma , Quanquan Shao , Weiming Wang

Grasping objects under uncertainty remains an open problem in robotics research. This uncertainty is often due to noisy or partial observations of the object pose or shape. To enable a robot to react appropriately to unforeseen effects, it…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-20 Hamza Merzic , Miroslav Bogdanovic , Daniel Kappler , Ludovic Righetti , Jeannette Bohg

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

Generalizable grasping with high-degree-of-freedom (DoF) dexterous hands remains challenging in tiered workspaces, where occlusion, narrow clearances, and height-dependent constraints are substantially stronger than in open tabletop scenes.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Wensheng Wang , Chuanjun Guo , Wei Wei , Tong Wu , Ning Tan

Functional grasping with dexterous robotic hands is a key capability for enabling tool use and complex manipulation, yet progress has been constrained by two persistent bottlenecks: the scarcity of large-scale datasets and the absence of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Xingyi He , Adhitya Polavaram , Yunhao Cao , Om Deshmukh , Tianrui Wang , Xiaowei Zhou , Kuan Fang

Manipulating objects with varying geometries and deformable objects is a major challenge in robotics. Tasks such as insertion with different objects or cloth hanging require precise control and effective modelling of complex dynamics. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-17 Tai Hoang , Huy Le , Philipp Becker , Vien Anh Ngo , Gerhard Neumann

End-to-end learning is emerging as a powerful paradigm for robotic manipulation, but its effectiveness is limited by data scarcity and the heterogeneity of action spaces across robot embodiments. In particular, diverse action spaces across…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Erik Bauer , Elvis Nava , Robert K. Katzschmann

Precise robotic grasping of several novel objects is a huge challenge in manufacturing, automation, and logistics. Most of the current methods for model-free grasping are disadvantaged by the sparse data in grasping datasets and by errors…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Lei Zhang , Kaixin Bai , Zhaopeng Chen , Yunlei Shi , Jianwei Zhang

Reliable object grasping is a crucial capability for autonomous robots. However, many existing grasping approaches focus on general clutter removal without explicitly modeling objects and thus only relying on the visible local geometry. We…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-08 Eugenio Chisari , Nick Heppert , Tim Welschehold , Wolfram Burgard , Abhinav Valada