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MSR Speaking Qualifier

June

19
Wed
Samuel Clarke Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University
Wednesday, June 19
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
GHC 4405
Samuel Clarke – MSR Thesis Talk

Title: Robot Learning for Manipulation of Granular Materials

 

Abstract:

Granular materials are ubiquitous in household and industrial manipulation tasks, but their dynamics are difficult to model analytically or through simulation. During manipulation, they provide rich multimodal sensory feedback. We present a robotic system we constructed for investigating manipulation of granular materials.

 

We present two data-driven, learning-based frameworks to control scooping and pouring granular materials. In our first set of experiments, we focus on the task of scooping granular materials and propose to learn a model of relevant granular material dynamics through a data-driven approach based on neural networks. In our second set of experiments, we demonstrate a novel framework for using audio feedback during manipulation of granular materials.

 

Committee:

Christopher Atkeson (Co-advisor)

Oliver Kroemer (Co-advisor)

David Held

Rogério Bonatti