5 papers
TransGraspNet: Physically and Geometrically Consistent Manipulation of Transparent Labware
Hailing Hu, Mingyi Zhu, Yiquan An +3
Manipulating transparent laboratory glassware that contains liquid is inherently safety-critical: even small geometric errors can cause unstable grasps and hazardous spillage. Alth…
ROG-Grasp: Root-Oriented Geometry for Robotic Grasping and Placement
Zijian An, Augustus Sroka, Ran Yang +8
Orientation-aware manipulation is essential in post-harvest agricultural processing, where produce must be grasped and placed in consistent configurations. This paper presents ROG-…
VILAS: A VLA-Integrated Low-cost Architecture with Soft Grasping for Robotic Manipulation
Zijian An, Hadi Khezam, Bill Cai +5
We present VILAS, a fully low-cost, modular robotic manipulation platform designed to support end-to-end vision-language-action (VLA) policy learning and deployment on accessible h…
GA3T: A Ground-Aerial Terrain Traversability Dataset for Heterogeneous Robot Teams in Unstructured Environments
Siwei Cai, Knut Peterson, Quan Tran +7
Heterogeneous air-ground robot teams combine complementary sensing modalities, mobility characteristics, and spatial viewpoints that can significantly enhance perception in complex…
LLM-Land: Large Language Models for Context-Aware Drone Landing
Siwei Cai, Yuwei Wu, Lifeng Zhou
Autonomous landing is essential for drones deployed in emergency deliveries, post-disaster response, and other large-scale missions. By enabling self-docking on charging platforms,…