Learning reusable manipulation strategies

J Mao, T Lozano-Pérez… - … on Robot Learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Humans demonstrate an impressive ability to acquire and generalize manipulation “tricks.”
Even from a single demonstration, such as using soup ladles to reach for distant objects, we …

Enhancing dexterity in robotic manipulation via hierarchical contact exploration

X Cheng, S Patil, Z Temel, O Kroemer… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Planning robot dexterity is challenging due to the non-smoothness introduced by contacts,
intricate fine motions, and ever-changing scenarios. We present a hierarchical planning …