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Primitive-based Shape Abstraction via Nonparametric Bayesian Inference
Yuwei Wu, Weixiao Liu, Sipu Ruan +1
3D shape abstraction has drawn great interest over the years. Apart from low-level representations such as meshes and voxels, researchers also seek to semantically abstract complex…
When Kinematics Dominates Mechanics: Locally Volume-Preserving Primitives for Model Reduction in Finite Elasticity
Xu Yi, Gregory S. Chirikjian
A new, and extremely fast, computational modeling paradigm is introduced here for specific finite elasticity problems that arise in the context of soft robotics. Whereas continuum…
Entropy, Symmetry, and the Difficulty of Self-Replication
Gregory S. Chirikjian
The defining property of an artificial physical self-replicating system, such as a self-replicating robot, is that it has the ability to make copies of itself from basic parts. Thr…
Watch Me Calibrate My Force-Sensing Shoes!
Yuanfeng Han, Boren Jiang, Gregory S. Chirikjian
This paper presents a novel method for smaller-sized humanoid robots to self-calibrate their foot force sensors. The method consists of two steps: 1. The robot is commanded to move…
Transporters with Visual Foresight for Solving Unseen Rearrangement Tasks
Hongtao Wu, Jikai Ye, Xin Meng +2
Rearrangement tasks have been identified as a crucial challenge for intelligent robotic manipulation, but few methods allow for precise construction of unseen structures. We propos…