The empirical success of derivative-free methods in reinforcement learning for planning through contact seems at odds with the perceived fragility of classical gradient-based …
V Kurtz, A Castro, AÖ Önol, H Lin - arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.01813, 2023 - arxiv.org
Robots must make and break contact with the environment to perform useful tasks, but planning and control through contact remains a formidable challenge. In this work, we …
We present Dojo, a differentiable physics engine for robotics that prioritizes stable simulation, accurate contact physics, and differentiability with respect to states, actions, and …
AM Castro, FN Permenter, X Han - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present a convex formulation of compliant frictional contact and a robust performant method to solve it in practice. By analytically eliminating contact constraints, we …
The force modulation of robotic manipulators has been extensively studied for several decades. However, it is not yet commonly used in safety-critical applications due to a lack of …
J Masterjohn, D Guoy, J Shepherd… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pressure Field Contact (PFC) was recently introduced as a method for detailed modeling of contact interface regions at rates much faster than elasticity-theory models, while at the …
For both humans and robots, the sense of touch, known as tactile sensing, is critical for performing contact-rich manipulation tasks. Three key challenges in robotic tactile sensing …
V Kurtz, H Lin - 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Contact-implicit trajectory optimization offers an appealing method of automatically generating complex and contact-rich behaviors for robot manipulation and locomotion. The …
Ojhung is one of the indigenous Indonesian cultures from Sumenep Regency which contains relevant science concepts to be applied in science learning. Therefore, this …