6 papers
Scaling Short-Term Memory of Visuomotor Policies for Long-Horizon Tasks
Rutav Shah, Rajat Kumar Jenamani, Xiaohan Zhang +5
Many robotic tasks require short-term memory, whether it's retrieving an object that's no longer visible or turning off an appliance after a set period. Yet, most visuomotor polici…
WAFFLE: A Wearable Approach to Bite Timing Estimation in Robot-Assisted Feeding
Akhil Padmanabha, Jessie Yuan, Tanisha Mehta +10
Millions of people around the world need assistance with feeding. Robotic feeding systems offer the potential to enhance autonomy and quality of life for individuals with impairmen…
FEAST: A Flexible Mealtime-Assistance System Towards In-the-Wild Personalization
Rajat Kumar Jenamani, Tom Silver, Ben Dodson +7
Physical caregiving robots hold promise for improving the quality of life of millions worldwide who require assistance with feeding. However, in-home meal assistance remains challe…
Coloring Between the Lines: Personalization in the Null Space of Planning Constraints
Tom Silver, Rajat Kumar Jenamani, Ziang Liu +2
Generalist robots must personalize in-the-wild to meet the diverse needs and preferences of long-term users. How can we enable flexible personalization without sacrificing safety o…
To Ask or Not To Ask: Human-in-the-loop Contextual Bandits with Applications in Robot-Assisted Feeding
Rohan Banerjee, Rajat Kumar Jenamani, Sidharth Vasudev +4
Robot-assisted bite acquisition involves picking up food items with varying shapes, compliance, sizes, and textures. Fully autonomous strategies may not generalize efficiently acro…
Kiri-Spoon: A Kirigami Utensil for Robot-Assisted Feeding
Maya Keely, Brandon Franco, Casey Grothoff +4
For millions of adults with mobility limitations, eating meals is a daily challenge. A variety of robotic systems have been developed to address this societal need. Unfortunately,…