Perceiving and handling deformable objects is an integral part of everyday life for humans.
Automating tasks such as food handling, garment sorting, or assistive dressing requires …

The application of robotic technologies in building construction leads to great convenience
and productivity improvement, and construction robots (CRs) bring enormous opportunities …

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

Rearranging and manipulating deformable objects such as cables, fabrics, and bags is a
long-standing challenge in robotic manipulation. The complex dynamics and high …

We address the problem of goal-directed cloth manipulation, a challenging task due to the
deformability of cloth. Our insight is that optical flow, a technique normally used for motion …

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 …

Garment folding is a ubiquitous domestic task that is difficult to automate due to the highly
deformable nature of fabrics. In this article, we propose a novel method of learning from …

Robotic fabric manipulation has applications in home robotics, textiles, senior care and
surgery. Existing fabric manipulation techniques, however, are designed for specific tasks …

In the field of robotic manipulation, the proficiency of deformable object manipulation lags
behind human capabilities due to the inherent characteristics of deformable objects. These …

Cloth manipulation is a challenging task that, despite its importance, has received relatively
little attention compared to rigid object manipulation. In this letter, we provide three …