4 papers
ShapeForce: Low-Cost Soft Robotic Wrist for Contact-Rich Manipulation
Jinxuan Zhu, Zihao Yan, Yangyu Xiao +5
Contact feedback is essential for contact-rich robotic manipulation, as it allows the robot to detect subtle interaction changes and adjust its actions accordingly. Six-axis force-…
LISN: Language-Instructed Social Navigation with VLM-based Controller Modulating
Junting Chen, Yunchuan Li, Panfeng Jiang +5
Towards human-robot coexistence, socially aware navigation is significant for mobile robots. Yet existing studies on this area focus mainly on path efficiency and pedestrian collis…
MetaFold: Language-Guided Multi-Category Garment Folding Framework via Trajectory Generation and Foundation Model
Haonan Chen, Junxiao Li, Ruihai Wu +9
Garment folding is a common yet challenging task in robotic manipulation. The deformability of garments leads to a vast state space and complex dynamics, which complicates precise…
Manual2Skill: Learning to Read Manuals and Acquire Robotic Skills for Furniture Assembly Using Vision-Language Models
Chenrui Tie, Shengxiang Sun, Jinxuan Zhu +7
Humans possess an extraordinary ability to understand and execute complex manipulation tasks by interpreting abstract instruction manuals. For robots, however, this capability rema…