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cs.RO2026
Robustness of Robotic Manipulation: Foundations and Frontiers
Yifei Dong, Zhanyi Sun, Lujie Yang +5
Humans and animals exhibit remarkable robustness in physical manipulation, yet robots remain far behind. Progress toward human-level manipulation robustness is hindered by the abse…
cs.RO2026
Latent Diffeomorphic Co-Design of End-Effectors for Deformable and Fragile Object Manipulation
Kei Ikemura, Yifei Dong, Florian T. Pokorny
Manipulating deformable and fragile objects remains a fundamental challenge in robotics due to complex contact dynamics and strict requirements on object integrity. Existing approa…
cs.RO2025
Sim-to-Real Gentle Manipulation of Deformable and Fragile Objects with Stress-Guided Reinforcement Learning
Kei Ikemura, Yifei Dong, David Blanco-Mulero +3
Robotic manipulation of deformable and fragile objects presents significant challenges, as excessive stress can lead to irreversible damage to the object. While existing solutions…