cs.ROJun 16, 2026

A Hybrid Optimization Framework for Grasp Synthesis under Partial Observations

Authors: Wenzheng ZhangFahira Afzal MakenTin LaiFabio Ramos

Organizations: School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, Australia · Data61, CSIRO, Australia · NVIDIA, USA

Abstract

We propose a hybrid grasp synthesis framework that combines a learning-based Energy-Based Model (EBM) with an analytical Iterative Closest Point (ICP) method to generate robust grasps from partially observed point clouds. The learned energy function acts as a prior within a Stein Variational Gradient Descent (SVGD) framework, guiding iterative refinement of grasp configurations. Evaluated on 67 objects with 5,360 grasp attempts, our method achieves an average success rate of 60.9%, outperforming AnyGrasp (31.1%) and Grasp Pose Detection (48.4%) and AS-ICP (56.6%). These results highlight the strong generalization ability of our approach and demonstrate how combining data-driven learning with geometric optimization addresses the limitations of either strategy in isolation.

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