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Thin-Shell Object Manipulations with Differentiable Physics Simulations
In this work, we aim to teach robots to manipulate various thin-shell materials. Prior works studying thin-shell object manipulation …
Yian Wang, Juntian Zheng, Zhehuan Chen, Xian Zhou, Gu Zhang, Chao Liu 刘超, Chuang Gan
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Thin-Shell Object Manipulations with Differentiable Physics Simulations
Learning to Jointly Understand Visual and Tactile Signals
Modeling and analyzing object and shape has been well studied in the past. However, manipulation of these complex tools and articulated …
Yichen Li, Yilun Du, Chao Liu 刘超, Chao Liu, Francis Williams, Michael Foshey, Benjamin Eckart, Jan Kautz, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Antonio Torralba, Wojciech Matusik
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Learning to Jointly Understand Visual and Tactile Signals
DiffTactile: A Physics-Based Differentiable Tactile Simulator for Contact-Rich Robotic Manipulation
We introduce DIFFTACTILE, a physics-based differentiable tactile simulation system designed to enhance robotic manipulation with dense …
Zilin Si, Gu Zhang, Qingwei Ben, Xian Zhou, Branden Romero, Chao Liu 刘超, Chuang Gan
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DiffTactile: A Physics-Based Differentiable Tactile Simulator for Contact-Rich Robotic Manipulation
Directly 3D Printed, Pneumatically Actuated Multi-Material Robotic Hand
Soft robotic manipulators with many degrees of freedom can carry out complex tasks safely around humans. However, manufacturing of soft …
Hanna Matusik, Chao Liu 刘超, Daniela Rus
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Directly 3D Printed, Pneumatically Actuated Multi-Material Robotic Hand
Liquids Identification and Monitoring via Digitally Fabricated Impedance Sensors
Despite recent exponential advancements in computer vision and reinforcement learning, it remains challenging for robots to interact …
Junyi Zhu, Young Joong Lee, Yiyue Luo, Tianyu Xu, Chao Liu 刘超, Daniela Rus, Stefanie Mueller, Wojciech Matusik
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Liquids Identification and Monitoring via Digitally Fabricated Impedance Sensors
Towards Cooperative Flight Control Using Visual-Attention
The cooperation of a human pilot with an autonomous agent during flight control realizes parallel autonomy. We propose an air-guardian …
Lianhao Yin, Makram Chahine, Tsun-Hsuan Wang, Tim Seyde, Chao Liu 刘超, Mathias Lechner, Ramin Hasani, Daniela Rus
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Towards Cooperative Flight Control Using Visual-Attention
A Modular Bio-inspired Robotic Hand with High Sensitivity
While parallel grippers and multi-fingered robotic hands are well developed and commonly used in structured settings, it remains a …
Chao Liu 刘超, Andrea Moncada, Hanna Matusik, Deniz Irem Erus, Daniela Rus
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A Modular Bio-inspired Robotic Hand with High Sensitivity
ActionSense: A Multimodal Dataset for Human Activities Using Wearable Sensors in a Kitchen Environment
This paper introduces ActionSense, a multimodal dataset and recording framework with an emphasis on wearable sensing in a kitchen …
Joseph DelPreto, Chao Liu 刘超, Yiyue Luo, Michael Foshey, Yunzhu Li, Antonio Torralba, Wojciech Matusik, Daniela Rus
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ActionSense: A Multimodal Dataset for Human Activities Using Wearable Sensors in a Kitchen Environment
A Quadratic Programming Approach to Modular Robot Control and Motion Planning
Modular robotic systems consist of multiple modules that can be transformed into different configurations with respect to different …
Chao Liu 刘超, Mark Yim
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A Quadratic Programming Approach to Modular Robot Control and Motion Planning
Motion Planning for Variable Topology Truss Modular Robot
Self-reconfigurable modular robots are composed of many modules that can be rearranged into various structures with respect to …
Chao Liu 刘超, Sencheng Yu, Mark Yim
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Motion Planning for Variable Topology Truss Modular Robot