Abstract Purpose of Review The goal of this review is to evaluate the current status of multi-
robot systems in the context of search and rescue. This includes an investigation of their …

Deformable object manipulation (DOM) is an emerging research problem in robotics. The
ability to manipulate deformable objects endows robots with higher autonomy and promises …

Most existing robotic harvesters utilize a unimanual approach with a single arm grasping
and detaching the crop, either via a detachment movement, or stem cutting by a especially …

The robotic manipulation of deformable linear objects (DLOs) has broad application
prospects in many fields. However, a key issue is to obtain the exact deformation models (ie …

This letter tackles the problem of robots collaboratively towing a load with cables to a
specified goal location while avoiding collisions in real time. The introduction of cables (as …

Research in manipulation of deformable objects is typically conducted on a limited range of
scenarios, because handling each scenario on hardware takes significant effort. Realistic …

Path and manipulation planning has been gaining popularity within the robotics community
all the time due to its potential applications in many economically important applications. In …

We consider the problem of inferring simulation parameters such that the behavior of an
object in simulation and the real world look similar. This real-to-sim problem is particularly …

We present a formation controller for a team of mobile robots, modelled with double-
integrator dynamics, to manipulate deformable objects grasped around their contour. The …

Despite extensive automation in multiple industrial sectors, manufacturing operations
involving deformable objects are mostly performed manually. Challenges originating from …