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[T-RO24] Tac-Man: Tactile-Informed Prior-Free Manipulation of Articulated Objects

Integrating robotics into human-centric environments such as homes, necessitates advanced manipulation skills as robotic devices will …

Zihang Zhao, Yuyang Li, Wanlin Li, Zhenghao Qi, Lecheng Ruan, Yixin Zhu, Kaspar Althoefer

[RA-L24] MiniTac: An Ultra-Compact 8 mm Vision-Based Tactile Sensor for Enhanced Palpation in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS) provides substantial benefits over traditional open and laparoscopic methods. …

Wanlin Li, Zihang Zhao, Leiyao Cui, Weiyi Zhang, Hangxin Liu, Li-an Li, Yixin Zhu

[RA-L24] MiniTac: An Ultra-Compact 8 mm Vision-Based Tactile Sensor for Enhanced Palpation in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

[ScienceAdvances24] Human-level few-shot concept induction through minimax entropy learning

Humans learn concepts both from labeled supervision and by unsupervised observation of patterns, a process machines are being taught to …

Chi Zhang, Baoxiong Jia, Yixin Zhu, Song-Chun Zhu

[ScienceAdvances24] Human-level few-shot concept induction through minimax entropy learning

[RA-L24] Grasp Multiple Objects with One Hand

The intricate kinematics of the human hand enable simultaneous grasping and manipulation of multiple objects, essential for tasks such …

Yuyang Li, Bo Liu, Yiran Geng, Puhao Li, Yaodong Yang, Yixin Zhu, Tengyu Liu, Siyuan Huang

[AIR22] Artificial Social Intelligence: A Comparative and Holistic View

In addition to a physical comprehension of the world, humans possess a high social intelligence–the intelligence that senses …

Lifeng Fan, Manjie Xu, Zhihao Cao, Yixin Zhu, Song-Chun Zhu

[Engineering23] A Reconfigurable Data Glove for Reconstructing Physical and Virtual Grasps

In this work, we present a reconfigurable data glove design to capture different modes of human hand-object interactions, which are …

Hangxin Liu, Zeyu Zhang, Ziyuan Jiao, Zhenliang Zhang, Minchen Li, Chenfanfu Jiang, Yixin Zhu, Song-Chun Zhu

[Engineering23] A Reconfigurable Data Glove for Reconstructing Physical and Virtual Grasps

[IJCV22] Scene Reconstruction with Functional Objects for Robot Autonomy

In this paper, we rethink the problem of scene reconstruction from an embodied agent’s perspective: While the classic view focuses on …

Muzhi Han, Zeyu Zhang, Ziyuan Jiao, Xu Xie, Yixin Zhu, Song-Chun Zhu, Hangxin Liu

[IJCV22] Scene Reconstruction with Functional Objects for Robot Autonomy

[RA-L/IROS22] Understanding Physical Effects for Effective Tool-use

We present a robot learning and planning framework that produces an effective tool-use strategy with the least joint efforts, capable …

Zeyu Zhang, Ziyuan Jiao, Weiqi Wang, Yixin Zhu, Song-Chun Zhu, Hangxin Liu

[RA-L/IROS22] Understanding Physical Effects for Effective Tool-use

[JCB2022] Sharing Rewards Undermines Coordinated Hunting

Coordinated hunting is widely observed in animals, and sharing rewards is often considered a major incentive for its success. While …

Minglu Zhao, Ning Tang, Annya Dahmani, Yixin Zhu, Federico Rossano, Tao Gao

[JCB2022] Sharing Rewards Undermines Coordinated Hunting