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Rearranging Deformable Linear Objects for Implicit Goals with Self-Supervised Planning and Control

Huo, Shengzeng
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Hu, Fuji
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Wang, Fangyuan
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2024
Advanced Intelligent Systems

The robotic manipulation of deformable linear objects is a frontier problem with many potential applications in diverse industries. However, most existing research in this area focuses on shape control for a provided explicit goal and does not consider physical constraints, which limits its applicability in many real-world scenarios. In this study, a self-supervised planning and control approach are proposed to address the challenge of rearranging deformable linear objects for implicit goals. Specifically, the context of making both ends of the object reachable (inside the robotic access range) and graspable (outside potential collision regions) by dual-arm robots is considered. Firstly, the object is described with sequential keypoints and the correspondence-based action is parameterized. Secondly, a generator capable of producing multiple explicit targets is developed, which adhere to implicit conditions. Thirdly, value models are learnt to assign the most promising explicit target as guidance and determine the goal-conditioned action. All models within the policy are trained in a self-supervised manner based on data collected from simulations. Importantly, the learned policy can be directly applied to real-world settings since we do not rely on accurate dynamic models. The performance of the new method is validated with simulations and real-world experiments.

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research article
DOI
10.1002/aisy.202400330
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85207583996

Author(s)
Huo, Shengzeng

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hu, Fuji

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Wang, Fangyuan

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hu, Luyin  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Zhou, Peng

The University of Hong Kong

Zhu, Jihong

University of York

Wang, Hesheng

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Navarro-Alarcon, David

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Date Issued

2024

Published in
Advanced Intelligent Systems
Subjects

deformable linear objects

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implicit goals

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physical constraints

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robotic manipulation

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Research Grants Council of Hong Kong

PolyU Research Student Attachment Programme

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January 25, 2025
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