2 papers
cs.RO2019
Quasi-Direct Drive for Low-Cost Compliant Robotic Manipulation
David V. Gealy, Stephen McKinley, Brent Yi +10
Robots must cost less and be force-controlled to enable widespread, safe deployment in unconstrained human environments. We propose Quasi-Direct Drive actuation as a capable paradi…
cs.RO2017
Dex-Net 3.0: Computing Robust Robot Vacuum Suction Grasp Targets in Point Clouds using a New Analytic Model and Deep Learning
Jeffrey Mahler, Matthew Matl, Xinyu Liu +3
Vacuum-based end effectors are widely used in industry and are often preferred over parallel-jaw and multifinger grippers due to their ability to lift objects with a single point o…