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Apple: Toward General Active Perception via Reinforcement Learning
Tim Schneider, Cristiana de Farias, Roberto Calandra +2
Active perception is a fundamental skill that enables us humans to deal with uncertainty in our inherently partially observable environment. For senses such as touch, where the inf…
On the Importance of Tactile Sensing for Imitation Learning: A Case Study on Robotic Match Lighting
Niklas Funk, Changqi Chen, Tim Schneider +3
The field of robotic manipulation has advanced significantly in recent years. At the sensing level, several novel tactile sensors have been developed, capable of providing accurate…
Tactile MNIST: Benchmarking Active Tactile Perception
Tim Schneider, Guillaume Duret, Cristiana de Farias +3
Tactile perception has the potential to significantly enhance dexterous robotic manipulation by providing rich local information that can complement or substitute for other sensory…
The Feeling of Success: Does Touch Sensing Help Predict Grasp Outcomes?
Roberto Calandra, Andrew Owens, Manu Upadhyaya +4
A successful grasp requires careful balancing of the contact forces. Deducing whether a particular grasp will be successful from indirect measurements, such as vision, is therefore…
Evetac: An Event-based Optical Tactile Sensor for Robotic Manipulation
Niklas Funk, Erik Helmut, Georgia Chalvatzaki +2
Optical tactile sensors have recently become popular. They provide high spatial resolution, but struggle to offer fine temporal resolutions. To overcome this shortcoming, we study…