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Deformable object manipulation presents a unique set of challenges in robotic manipulation by exhibiting high degrees of freedom and severe self-occlusion. State representation for materials that exhibit plastic behavior, like modeling clay…
Manipulating Deformable Linear Objects (DLOs) is challenging in robotics due to their infinite-dimensional configuration space and complex nonlinear dynamics. In teleoperation, depth uncertainty hinders state perception and reaction.…
Simultaneous state estimation and mapping is an essential capability for mobile robots working in dynamic urban environment. The majority of existing SLAM solutions heavily rely on a primarily static assumption. However, due to the presence…
Manipulation of deformable Linear objects (DLOs), including iron wire, rubber, silk, and nylon rope, is ubiquitous in daily life. These objects exhibit diverse physical properties, such as Young$'$s modulus and bending stiffness.Such…
Deformable Linear Objects (DLOs) such as ropes and cables are widely encountered in both household and industrial applications, yet remain challenging to manipulate due to their infinite-dimensional configuration space and frequent…
Learning complex trajectories from demonstrations in robotic tasks has been effectively addressed through the utilization of Dynamical Systems (DS). State-of-the-art DS learning methods ensure stability of the generated trajectories;…
Manipulating deformable linear objects (DLOs) to achieve desired shapes in constrained environments with obstacles is a meaningful but challenging task. Global planning is necessary for such a highly-constrained task; however, accurate…
Robotic manipulation of deformable linear objects (DLOs) has broad application prospects in many fields. However, a key issue is to obtain the exact deformation models (i.e., how robot motion affects DLO deformation), which are hard to…
Precise shape control of Deformable Linear Objects (DLOs) is crucial in robotic applications such as industrial and medical fields. However, existing methods face challenges in handling complex large deformation tasks, especially those…
MultiDLO is a real-time algorithm for estimating the shapes of multiple, intertwining deformable linear objects (DLOs) from RGB-D image sequences. Unlike prior methods that track only a single DLO, MultiDLO simultaneously handles several…
We study the emergence of multi-step reasoning in deep Transformer language models through a geometric and statistical-physics lens. Treating the hidden-state trajectory as a flow on an implicit Riemannian manifold, we analyze the layerwise…
We propose Linear Oscillatory State-Space models (LinOSS) for efficiently learning on long sequences. Inspired by cortical dynamics of biological neural networks, we base our proposed LinOSS model on a system of forced harmonic oscillators.…
Deformable objects manipulation can benefit from representations that seamlessly integrate vision and touch while handling occlusions. In this work, we present a novel approach for, and real-world demonstration of, multimodal visuo-tactile…
Deep learning (DL) defines a data-driven programming paradigm that automatically composes the system decision logic from the training data. In company with the data explosion and hardware acceleration during the past decade, DL achieves…
Deformable Linear Objects (DLOs) such as ropes, cables, and surgical sutures have a wide variety of uses in automotive engineering, surgery, and electromechanical industries. Therefore, modeling of DLOs as well as a computationally…
We propose a deep learning-based LiDAR odometry estimation method called LoRCoN-LO that utilizes the long-term recurrent convolutional network (LRCN) structure. The LRCN layer is a structure that can process spatial and temporal information…
Manipulation of deformable linear objects (DLOs) in constrained environments is a challenging task. This paper describes a two-layered approach for placing DLOs on a flat surface using a single robot hand. The high-level layer is a novel…
The modelling of Deformable Linear Objects (DLOs) such as cables, wires, and strings presents significant challenges due to their flexible and deformable nature. In robotics, accurately simulating the dynamic behavior of DLOs is essential…
Constrained environments are common in practical applications of manipulating deformable linear objects (DLOs), where movements of both DLOs and robots should be constrained. This task is high-dimensional and highly constrained owing to the…