Organizers: | Heni Ben Amor, Ashutosh Saxena, Oliver Kroemer, Jan Peters |
Conference: | IROS 2012 |
Location: | Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal |
Room: | Fenix 2 |
Date and Time: | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
Website: | http://www.robot-learning.de/Research/IROS2012 |
We are preparing a special issue of the Autonomous Robots journal on Modern Approaches for Dextrous Manipulation. Take a look at the call for papers here!!
The field of robot grasping and manipulation is reaching an important milestone. In recent years, we have seen various robots that can reliably perform basic grasps on unknown objects in unstructured environments. However, these robots are still far away from being capable of human-level manipulation skills such as in-hand or bimanual manipulations of objects, interactions with non-rigid objects, and multi-object tasks such as stacking and tool-usage. As such advanced manipulations involve interacting with uncertain real-world environments, they pose major problems for current approaches and traditional methods that depend on accurate models of the robot and its surrounding.
This workshop focuses on how modern machine learning techniques and sensor technologies can help robots go beyond basic grasping abilities towards advanced manipulation skills. In recent years, innovations from these fields have played a pivotal role in developing state-of-the-art approaches for robot grasping under uncertainty. By further refining and improving upon these approaches, we strive towards creating robots that are capable of complex manipulation skills in real-world environments.
The workshop is a core GeRT event supported by EUCog III and PASCAL2.
The workshop will consist of presentations, posters, and panel discussions. Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to:
Peter Allen (Columbia University) [ Slides]
Christoph Borst (DLR - German Aerospace Center)
Oliver Brock (Technical University Berlin) [Slides]
Aaron Dollar (Yale University)
Alberto Rodriquez (Carnegie Mellon University)
Jan Babic (Jožef Stefan Institute) [Slides]
Anis Sahbani (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
Ashutosh Saxena (Cornell University)
The field of robot grasping and manipulation is reaching an important milestone. In recent years, we have seen various robots that can reliably perform basic grasps on unknown objects in unstructured environments. However, these robots are still far away from being capable of human-level manipulation skills such as in-hand or bimanual manipulations of objects, interactions with non-rigid objects, and multi-object tasks such as stacking and tool-usage. As such advanced manipulations involve interacting with uncertain real-world environments, they pose major problems for current approaches and traditional methods that depend on accurate models of the robot and its surrounding.
This workshop focuses on how modern machine learning techniques and sensor technologies can help robots go beyond basic grasping abilities towards advanced manipulation skills. In recent years, innovations from these fields have played a pivotal role in developing state-of-the-art approaches for robot grasping under uncertainty. By further refining and improving upon these approaches, we strive towards creating robots that are capable of complex manipulation skills in real-world environments.
Will be about recent success as well as the next steps in robot grasp and manipulation. As an outcome of this workshop we expect the participating researchers to identify and address important challenges, techniques, and benchmarks that are needed to realize complex robot manipulation skills.
08.30 - 09.00 Introduction
09.00 - 09.30 Invited talk: Anis Sahbani
09.30 - 09.45 Poster Spotlight Presentations
09.45 - 10.15 Invited talk: Peter Allen
10.15 - 10.30 Poster Spotlight Presentations
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break and poster session
11.00 - 11.30 Invited talk: Christoph Borst
11.30 - 11.45 Poster Spotlight Presentations
11.45 - 12.15 Invited Talk: Jan Babic
12.15 - 12.30 Poster Spotlight Presentations
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 - 14.30 Invited talk: Aaron Dollar
14.30 - 14.45 Poster Spotlight Presentations
14.45 - 15.15 Invited talk: Alberto Rodriquez
15.15 - 15.30 Poster Spotlight Presentations
15.50 - 16.50 Coffee break and poster session
16.50 - 17.20 Invited talk: Ashutosh Saxena
17.20 - 17.50 Invited talk: Oliver Brock
17.50 - 18.00 Final comments
August 6st - Deadline of submission (Deadline Extension!!)
August 10th - Notification of Acceptance
Extended abstracts (1 pages) will be reviewed by the program committee members on the basis of relevance, significance, and clarity. Accepted contributions will be presented as posters but particularly exciting work may be considered for talks. Submissions should be formatted according to the conference templates and submitted via email to beyond.grasping.iros2012@googlemail.com
Heni Ben Amor, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
Ashutosh Saxena, Cornell University
Oliver Kroemer, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
Jan Peters, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt and Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
The most up-to-date information about the workshop can be found on the IROS 2012 webpage.