Publications (18)
SimNet: Enabling Robust Unknown Object Manipulation from Pure Synthetic Data via Stereo
Thomas Kollar, Michael Laskey, Kevin Stone +2
Robot manipulation of unknown objects in unstructured environments is a challenging problem due to the variety of shapes, materials, arrangements and lighting conditions. Even with…
Efficiently Learning Single-Arm Fling Motions to Smooth Garments
Lawrence Yunliang Chen, Huang Huang, Ellen Novoseller +6
Recent work has shown that 2-arm "fling" motions can be effective for garment smoothing. We consider single-arm fling motions. Unlike 2-arm fling motions, which require little robo…
Disentangling Dense Multi-Cable Knots
Vainavi Viswanath, Jennifer Grannen, Priya Sundaresan +7
Disentangling two or more cables requires many steps to remove crossings between and within cables. We formalize the problem of disentangling multiple cables and present an algorit…
Learning Rope Manipulation Policies Using Dense Object Descriptors Trained on Synthetic Depth Data
Priya Sundaresan, Jennifer Grannen, Brijen Thananjeyan +5
Robotic manipulation of deformable 1D objects such as ropes, cables, and hoses is challenging due to the lack of high-fidelity analytic models and large configuration spaces. Furth…
Untangling Dense Non-Planar Knots by Learning Manipulation Features and Recovery Policies
Priya Sundaresan, Jennifer Grannen, Brijen Thananjeyan +7
Robot manipulation for untangling 1D deformable structures such as ropes, cables, and wires is challenging due to their infinite dimensional configuration space, complex dynamics,…
A Mobile Manipulation System for One-Shot Teaching of Complex Tasks in Homes
Max Bajracharya, James Borders, Dan Helmick +10
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…