arXiv:2607. 04234v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Deformable object manipulation poses challenges beyond task completion: successful execution must also maintain safe physical interaction, holding the object stably without slip or drop while avoiding excessive deformation.
By Bowen Jing, Mingxin Wang, Ruiyang Hao, Chenchen Ge, Hanwen Shen, Junjie He, Yang Cui, Yiming Hou, Weitao Zhou, Jiawei Wang, Minglei Li, Dandan Zhang, Ding Zhao, Houde Liu, Xiaofan Li, Si Liu, Ping Luo, Haibao Yu
arXiv:2606. 14188v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present CORD-SLS, a real-time control method for safe deformable object manipulation, with a focus on ropes and cloth.
By Wei-Chen Li, Jeffrey Fang, Sasanka Polisetti, Yuexi Song, Glen Chou
arXiv:2606. 11767v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Blind grasping with a dexterous hand is a crucial manipulation capability.
By Shengcheng Luo, Xiyan Huang, Zhe Xu, Wanlin Li, Ziyuan Jiao, Chenxi Xiao
arXiv:2603. 14604v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We propose TacFiLM, a lightweight modality-fusion approach that integrates visual-tactile signals into vision-language-action (VLA) models.
By Charlotte Morissette, Amin Abyaneh, Wei-Di Chang, Anas Houssaini, David Meger, Hsiu-Chin Lin, Jonathan Tremblay, Gregory Dudek
Predicting object dynamics (i. e.
arXiv:2607. 09218v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Whole-arm manipulation involves direct contact with the environment while the robot completes a task by distributing contact across multiple links as contacts form, slide, and break.
By Rishabh Madan, Angchen Xie, Samantha Saak, Andres Blanco, Dohyeok Lee, Sarah Grace Brown, Yunting Yan, Mark Zolotas, Jose Barreiros, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee