Fast and Flexible Multi-Step Cloth Manipulation Planning Using an Encode-Manipulate-Decode Network (EM*D Net)

We propose a deep neural network architecture, the Encode-Manipulate-Decode (EM*D) net, for rapid manipulation planning on deformable objects. We demonstrate its effectiveness on simulated cloth. The net consists of 3D convolutional encoder and decoder modules that map cloth states to and from laten...

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Main Authors: Solvi Arnold, Kimitoshi Yamazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurorobotics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbot.2019.00022/full