Euclideanizing flows: Diffeomorphic reduction for learning stable dynamical systems

MA Rana, A Li, D Fox, B Boots… - … for Dynamics and …, 2020 - proceedings.mlr.press
Execution of complex tasks in robotics requires motions that have complex geometric
structure. We present an approach which allows robots to learn such motions from a few …

Neural geometric fabrics: Efficiently learning high-dimensional policies from demonstration

M Xie, A Handa, S Tyree, D Fox… - … on Robot Learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Learning dexterous manipulation policies for multi-fingered robots has been a long-standing
challenge in robotics. Existing methods either limit themselves to highly constrained …

Temporal logic imitation: Learning plan-satisficing motion policies from demonstrations

Y Wang, N Figueroa, S Li, A Shah, J Shah - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Learning from demonstration (LfD) has succeeded in tasks featuring a long time horizon.
However, when the problem complexity also includes human-in-the-loop perturbations, state …

On the utility of koopman operator theory in learning dexterous manipulation skills

Y Han, M Xie, Y Zhao… - Conference on Robot …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Despite impressive dexterous manipulation capabilities enabled by learning-based
approaches, we are yet to witness widespread adoption beyond well-resourced …

RMPflow: A Geometric Framework for Generation of Multitask Motion Policies

CA Cheng, M Mukadam, J Issac… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Generating robot motion for multiple tasks in dynamic environments is challenging, requiring
an algorithm to respond reactively while accounting for complex nonlinear relationships …

Motion planning by learning the solution manifold in trajectory optimization

T Osa - The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The objective function used in trajectory optimization is often non-convex and can have an
infinite set of local optima. In such cases, there are diverse solutions to perform a given task …

Learning and generalizing cooperative manipulation skills using parametric dynamic movement primitives

H Kim, C Oh, I Jang, S Park, H Seo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an approach that generates the overall trajectory of mobile
manipulators for a complex mission consisting of several sub-tasks. Parametric dynamic …

A task-learning strategy for robotic assembly tasks from human demonstrations

G Ding, Y Liu, X Zang, X Zhang, G Liu, J Zhao - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In manufacturing, traditional task pre-programming methods limit the efficiency of human–
robot skill transfer. This paper proposes a novel task-learning strategy, enabling robots to …

[PDF][PDF] Diffeomorphic Transforms for Generalised Imitation Learning.

W Zhi, T Lai, L Ott, F Ramos - L4DC, 2022 - scholar.archive.org
We address the generalised imitation learning problem of producing robot motions to imitate
expert demonstrations, while adapting to novel environments. Past studies have often …

Geometric fabrics for the acceleration-based design of robotic motion

M Xie, K Van Wyk, A Li, MA Rana, Q Wan, D Fox… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
This paper describes the pragmatic design and construction of geometric fabrics for shaping
a robot's task-independent nominal behavior, capturing behavioral components such as …