3 papers
cs.RO2026
DDBot: Differentiable Physics-based Digging Robot for Unknown Granular Materials
Xintong Yang, Minglun Wei, Yu-Kun Lai +1
Automating the manipulation of granular materials poses significant challenges due to complex contact dynamics, unpredictable material properties, and intricate system states. Exis…
cs.RO2025
Differentiable Skill Optimisation for Powder Manipulation in Laboratory Automation
Minglun Wei, Xintong Yang, Yu-Kun Lai +1
Robotic automation is accelerating scientific discovery by reducing manual effort in laboratory workflows. However, precise manipulation of powders remains challenging, particularl…
cs.RO2025
A Physics-informed Demonstration-guided Learning Framework for Granular Material Manipulation
Minglun Wei, Xintong Yang, Yu-Kun Lai +2
Due to the complex physical properties of granular materials, research on robot learning for manipulating such materials predominantly either disregards the consideration of their…