Diff-lfd: Contact-aware model-based learning from visual demonstration for robotic manipulation via differentiable physics-based simulation and rendering

X Zhu, JH Ke, Z Xu, Z Sun, B Bai, J Lv… - … on Robot Learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Abstract Learning from Demonstration (LfD) is an efficient technique for robots to acquire
new skills through expert observation, significantly mitigating the need for laborious manual …

Efficient sim-to-real transfer of contact-rich manipulation skills with online admittance residual learning

X Zhang, C Wang, L Sun, Z Wu… - … on Robot Learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Learning contact-rich manipulation skills is essential. Such skills require the robots to
interact with the environment with feasible manipulation trajectories and suitable compliance …

Multi-level reasoning for robotic assembly: From sequence inference to contact selection

X Zhu, DK Jha, D Romeres, L Sun… - … on Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automating the assembly of objects from their parts is a complex problem with innumerable
applications in manufacturing, maintenance, and recycling. Unlike existing research, which …

Diff-Transfer: Model-based Robotic Manipulation Skill Transfer via Differentiable Physics Simulation

Y **ang, F Chen, Q Wang, Y Gang, X Zhang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The capability to transfer mastered skills to accomplish a range of similar yet novel tasks is
crucial for intelligent robots. In this work, we introduce $\textit {Diff-Transfer} $, a novel …

Embracing Safe Contacts with Contact-aware Planning and Control

Z Li, M Zamora, H Zheng, S Coros - arxiv preprint arxiv:2308.04323, 2023 - arxiv.org
Unlike human beings that can employ the entire surface of their limbs as a means to
establish contact with their environment, robots are typically programmed to interact with …