Real World Reorientation Task
Real-world object reorientation research focuses on enabling robots to manipulate objects into desired configurations, a crucial step for various tasks like assembly and placement. Current efforts concentrate on developing robust controllers, often leveraging reinforcement learning or diffusion models, to achieve accurate and efficient reorientation, even with complex object shapes and limited sensory information. These advancements utilize techniques like NeRF-based 3D modeling and multi-scale spatial transformers to improve both the speed and accuracy of reorientation, impacting fields such as robotic manipulation, medical image analysis, and assistive technologies. The ultimate goal is to create more adaptable and versatile robots capable of handling a wider range of real-world manipulation challenges.
Papers
Intuitive Telemanipulation of Hyper-Redundant Snake Robots within Locomotion and Reorientation using Task-Priority Inverse Kinematics
Tim-Lukas Habich, Melvin Hueter, Moritz Schappler, Svenja Spindeldreier
ReorientDiff: Diffusion Model based Reorientation for Object Manipulation
Utkarsh A. Mishra, Yongxin Chen