arXiv Machine Learning By Everest Yang, Skye Thompson, George D. Konidaris

Deformable State Estimation for Autonomous Surgical Tissue Retraction Under Partial Observability

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arXiv:2607. 13475v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Surgical tissue retraction requires effective manipulation planning under partial and noisy perception.

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