arXiv AI By Soham Patil, Avirup Das, Sourabh Bhosale, Spandan Roy

NoContactNoWorries: Estimating Contact through Vision and Proprioception for In-Hand Dexterous Manipulation

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arXiv:2606. 24450v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Perceiving physical contact is fundamental to dexterous manipulation.

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