Smplicit: Topology-aware generative model for clothed people

E Corona, A Pumarola, G Alenya… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - openaccess.thecvf.com
In this paper we introduce SMPLicit, a novel generative model to jointly represent body
pose, shape and clothing geometry. In contrast to existing learning-based approaches that …

Learning to rearrange deformable cables, fabrics, and bags with goal-conditioned transporter networks

D Seita, P Florence, J Tompson… - … on Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rearranging and manipulating deformable objects such as cables, fabrics, and bags is a
long-standing challenge in robotic manipulation. The complex dynamics and high …

Ganhand: Predicting human grasp affordances in multi-object scenes

E Corona, A Pumarola, G Alenya… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - openaccess.thecvf.com
The rise of deep learning has brought remarkable progress in estimating hand geometry
from images where the hands are part of the scene. This paper focuses on a new problem …

Object detection recognition and robot grasping based on machine learning: A survey

Q Bai, S Li, J Yang, Q Song, Z Li, X Zhang - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of machine learning, its powerful function in the machine vision
field is increasingly reflected. The combination of machine vision and robotics to achieve the …

[HTML][HTML] Deep reinforcement learning with smooth policy update: Application to robotic cloth manipulation

Y Tsurumine, Y Cui, E Uchibe, T Matsubara - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), which can learn complex policies with high-
dimensional observations as inputs, eg, images, has been successfully applied to various …

Deep imitation learning of sequential fabric smoothing from an algorithmic supervisor

D Seita, A Ganapathi, R Hoque… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sequential pulling policies to flatten and smooth fabrics have applications from surgery to
manufacturing to home tasks such as bed making and folding clothes. Due to the complexity …

Soft manipulator for soft robotic applications: a review

DJ Sut, P Sethuramalingam - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2023 - Springer
In the growing field of study known as “soft robotics,“highly adaptable robots are built for soft
interactions by utilizing the acquiescence, and flexibility of soft structures. The substantial …

Dynamic cloth manipulation with deep reinforcement learning

R Jangir, G Alenya, C Torras - 2020 IEEE International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we present a Deep Reinforcement Learning approach to solve dynamic cloth
manipulation tasks. Differing from the case of rigid objects, we stress that the followed …

Unfolding the literature: A review of robotic cloth manipulation

A Longhini, Y Wang, I Garcia-Camacho… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The realm of textiles spans clothing, households, healthcare, sports, and industrial
applications. The deformable nature of these objects poses unique challenges that prior …

Visuotactile affordances for cloth manipulation with local control

N Sunil, S Wang, Y She, E Adelson… - Conference on Robot …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Cloth in the real world is often crumpled, self-occluded, or folded in on itself such that key
regions, such as corners, are not directly graspable, making manipulation difficult. We …