A system for imitation learning of contact-rich bimanual manipulation policies

S Stepputtis, M Bandari, S Schaal… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we discuss a framework for teaching bimanual manipulation tasks by imitation.
To this end, we present a system and algorithms for learning compliant and contact-rich …

Learning-based multimodal control for a supernumerary robotic system in human-robot collaborative sorting

Y Du, HB Amor, J **, Q Wang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a multi-modal learning and control framework is proposed for the control of a
supernumerary robotic limb (SRL). The SRL is a wearable robotic arm designed to enhance …

Grid: A platform for general robot intelligence development

S Vemprala, S Chen, A Shukla, D Narayanan… - ar** machine intelligence abilities in robots and autonomous systems is an
expensive and time consuming process. Existing solutions are tailored to specific …

Environment-adaptive learning from demonstration for proactive assistance in human–robot collaborative tasks

K Qian, X Xu, H Liu, J Bai, S Luo - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Proactive assistance in human–robot collaboration remains a challenging objective, as the
spatial–temporal coordination of the human–robot motion must be considered in conjunction …

User intent estimation during robot learning using physical human robot interaction primitives

Y Lai, G Paul, Y Cui, T Matsubara - Autonomous Robots, 2022 - Springer
As robotic systems transition from traditional setups to collaborative work spaces, the
prevalence of physical Human Robot Interaction has risen in both industrial and domestic …

Learning ergonomic control in human–robot symbiotic walking

G Clark, HB Amor - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an imitation learning strategy for extracting ergonomically safe control
policies in physical human–robot interaction scenarios. The presented approach seeks to …

Predictive and robust robot assistance for sequential manipulation

T Stouraitis, M Gienger - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a novel concept to support physically impaired humans in daily object
manipulation tasks with a robot. Given a user's manipulation sequence, we propose a …

Compass: Contrastive multimodal pretraining for autonomous systems

S Ma, S Vemprala, W Wang, JK Gupta… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Learning representations that generalize across tasks and domains is challenging yet
necessary for autonomous systems. Although task-driven approaches are appealing, de …

Learning whole-body human-robot haptic interaction in social contexts

J Campbell, K Yamane - 2020 IEEE international conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a learning-from-demonstration (LfD) framework for teaching human-
robot social interactions that involve whole-body haptic interaction, ie direct human-robot …

Directional primitives for uncertainty-aware motion estimation in urban environments

R Senanayake, M Toyungyernsub… - 2020 IEEE 23rd …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We can use driving data collected over a long period of time to extract rich information about
how vehicles behave in different areas of the roads. In this paper, we introduce the concept …