Robot Control
Robot control research aims to develop algorithms and architectures enabling robots to perform complex tasks autonomously and safely. Current efforts focus on improving robustness to uncertainty, using deep reinforcement learning (often with model architectures like Deep Q Networks and diffusion models), and incorporating human-in-the-loop control strategies for enhanced safety and efficiency. These advancements are crucial for deploying robots in diverse real-world settings, impacting fields ranging from industrial automation and assistive robotics to warehouse logistics and human-robot collaboration.
Papers
Towards Online Safety Corrections for Robotic Manipulation Policies
Ariana Spalter, Mark Roberts, Laura M. Hiatt
Collaborating for Success: Optimizing System Efficiency and Resilience Under Agile Industrial Settings
Sunny Katyara, Suchita Sharma, Praveen Damacharla, Carlos Garcia Santiago, Francis O'Farrell, Philip Long
HiRT: Enhancing Robotic Control with Hierarchical Robot Transformers
Jianke Zhang, Yanjiang Guo, Xiaoyu Chen, Yen-Jen Wang, Yucheng Hu, Chengming Shi, Jianyu Chen
Unifying 3D Representation and Control of Diverse Robots with a Single Camera
Sizhe Lester Li, Annan Zhang, Boyuan Chen, Hanna Matusik, Chao Liu, Daniela Rus, Vincent Sitzmann
Robotic Control via Embodied Chain-of-Thought Reasoning
Michał Zawalski, William Chen, Karl Pertsch, Oier Mees, Chelsea Finn, Sergey Levine