4 papers
Breathless: An 8-hour Performance Contrasting Human and Robot Expressiveness
Catie Cuan, Tianshuang Qiu, Shreya Ganti +1
This paper describes the robot technology behind an original performance that pairs a human dancer (Cuan) with an industrial robot arm for an eight-hour dance that unfolds over the…
Automating Deformable Gasket Assembly
Simeon Adebola, Tara Sadjadpour, Karim El-Refai +8
In Gasket Assembly, a deformable gasket must be aligned and pressed into a narrow channel. This task is common for sealing surfaces in the manufacturing of automobiles, appliances,…
STITCH: Augmented Dexterity for Suture Throws Including Thread Coordination and Handoffs
Kush Hari, Hansoul Kim, Will Panitch +6
We present STITCH: an augmented dexterity pipeline that performs Suture Throws Including Thread Coordination and Handoffs. STITCH iteratively performs needle insertion, thread swee…
The Busboy Problem: Efficient Tableware Decluttering Using Consolidation and Multi-Object Grasps
Kishore Srinivas, Shreya Ganti, Rishi Parikh +4
We present the "Busboy Problem": automating an efficient decluttering of cups, bowls, and silverware from a planar surface. As grasping and transporting individual items is highly…