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SPARR: Simulation-based Policies with Asymmetric Real-world Residuals for Assembly
Yijie Guo, Iretiayo Akinola, Lars Johannsmeier +3
Robotic assembly presents a long-standing challenge due to its requirement for precise, contact-rich manipulation. While simulation-based learning has enabled the development of ro…
Isaac Lab: A GPU-Accelerated Simulation Framework for Multi-Modal Robot Learning
NVIDIA, :, Mayank Mittal +104
We present Isaac Lab, the natural successor to Isaac Gym, which extends the paradigm of GPU-native robotics simulation into the era of large-scale multi-modal learning. Isaac Lab c…
The Reality Gap in Robotics: Challenges, Solutions, and Best Practices
Elie Aljalbout, Jiaxu Xing, Angel Romero +9
Machine learning has facilitated significant advancements across various robotics domains, including navigation, locomotion, and manipulation. Many such achievements have been driv…
VT-Refine: Learning Bimanual Assembly with Visuo-Tactile Feedback via Simulation Fine-Tuning
Binghao Huang, Jie Xu, Iretiayo Akinola +8
Humans excel at bimanual assembly tasks by adapting to rich tactile feedback -- a capability that remains difficult to replicate in robots through behavioral cloning alone, due to…
Refinery: Active Fine-tuning and Deployment-time Optimization for Contact-Rich Policies
Bingjie Tang, Iretiayo Akinola, Jie Xu +6
Simulation-based learning has enabled policies for precise, contact-rich tasks (e.g., robotic assembly) to reach high success rates (~80%) under high levels of observation noise an…
Neural Robot Dynamics
Jie Xu, Eric Heiden, Iretiayo Akinola +3
Accurate and efficient simulation of modern robots remains challenging due to their high degrees of freedom and intricate mechanisms. Neural simulators have emerged as a promising…