Search Results - "Florence, Pete"
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iNeRF: Inverting Neural Radiance Fields for Pose Estimation
Published in 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (27-09-2021)“…We present iNeRF, a framework that performs mesh-free pose estimation by "inverting" a Neural Radiance Field (NeRF). NeRFs have been shown to be remarkably…”
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Interactive Language: Talking to Robots in Real Time
Published in IEEE robotics and automation letters (2024)“…We present a framework for building interactive, real-time, natural language-instructable robots in the real world, and we open source related assets (dataset,…”
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NeRF in the Palm of Your Hand: Corrective Augmentation for Robotics via Novel-View Synthesis
Published in 2023 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) (01-06-2023)“…Expert demonstrations are a rich source of supervision for training visual robotic manipulation policies, but imitation learning methods often require either a…”
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Trajectory Optimization with Optimization-Based Dynamics
Published in IEEE robotics and automation letters (01-07-2022)“…We present a framework for bi-level trajectory optimization in which a system's dynamics are encoded as the solution to a constrained optimization problem and…”
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Single-Level Differentiable Contact Simulation
Published in IEEE robotics and automation letters (01-07-2023)“…We present a differentiable formulation of rigid-body contact dynamics for objects and robots represented as compositions of convex primitives. Classical…”
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Learning to Rearrange Deformable Cables, Fabrics, and Bags with Goal-Conditioned Transporter Networks
Published in 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (30-05-2021)“…Rearranging and manipulating deformable objects such as cables, fabrics, and bags is a long-standing challenge in robotic manipulation. The complex dynamics…”
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NeRF-Supervision: Learning Dense Object Descriptors from Neural Radiance Fields
Published in 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (23-05-2022)“…Thin, reflective objects such as forks and whisks are common in our daily lives, but they are particularly chal-lenging for robot perception because it is hard…”
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Code as Policies: Language Model Programs for Embodied Control
Published in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (29-05-2023)“…Large language models (LLMs) trained on code-completion have been shown to be capable of synthesizing simple Python programs from docstrings [1]. We find that…”
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VIRDO: Visio-tactile Implicit Representations of Deformable Objects
Published in 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (23-05-2022)“…Deformable object manipulation requires computationally efficient representations that are compatible with robotic sensing modalities. In this paper, we…”
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Scaling Up and Distilling Down: Language-Guided Robot Skill Acquisition
Published 26-07-2023“…We present a framework for robot skill acquisition, which 1) efficiently scale up data generation of language-labelled robot data and 2) effectively distills…”
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ALOHA Unleashed: A Simple Recipe for Robot Dexterity
Published 16-10-2024“…Recent work has shown promising results for learning end-to-end robot policies using imitation learning. In this work we address the question of how far can we…”
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VIRDO++: Real-World, Visuo-tactile Dynamics and Perception of Deformable Objects
Published 07-10-2022“…Deformable objects manipulation can benefit from representations that seamlessly integrate vision and touch while handling occlusions. In this work, we present…”
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Reinforcement Learning with Neural Radiance Fields
Published 03-06-2022“…It is a long-standing problem to find effective representations for training reinforcement learning (RL) agents. This paper demonstrates that learning state…”
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Implicit Kinematic Policies: Unifying Joint and Cartesian Action Spaces in End-to-End Robot Learning
Published in 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (23-05-2022)“…Action representation is an important yet often overlooked aspect in end-to-end robot learning with deep networks. Choosing one action space over another (e.g…”
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VIRDO: Visio-tactile Implicit Representations of Deformable Objects
Published 01-02-2022“…Deformable object manipulation requires computationally efficient representations that are compatible with robotic sensing modalities. In this paper, we…”
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SpatialVLM: Endowing Vision-Language Models with Spatial Reasoning Capabilities
Published 22-01-2024“…Understanding and reasoning about spatial relationships is a fundamental capability for Visual Question Answering (VQA) and robotics. While Vision Language…”
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NeRF in the Palm of Your Hand: Corrective Augmentation for Robotics via Novel-View Synthesis
Published 18-01-2023“…Expert demonstrations are a rich source of supervision for training visual robotic manipulation policies, but imitation learning methods often require either a…”
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Single-Level Differentiable Contact Simulation
Published 13-12-2022“…We present a differentiable formulation of rigid-body contact dynamics for objects and robots represented as compositions of convex primitives. Existing…”
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Interactive Language: Talking to Robots in Real Time
Published 12-10-2022“…We present a framework for building interactive, real-time, natural language-instructable robots in the real world, and we open source related assets (dataset,…”
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Visuomotor Control in Multi-Object Scenes Using Object-Aware Representations
Published in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (29-05-2023)“…Perceptual understanding of the scene and the relationship between its different components is important for successful completion of robotic tasks…”
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