Semi-Autonomous Teleoperation via Learning Non-Prehensile Manipulation Skills

Sangbeom Park, Yoonbyung Chai, Sunghyun Park, Jeongeun Park, Kyungjae Lee, Sungjoon Choi

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a semi-autonomous teleoperation framework for a pick-and-place task using an RGB-D sensor. In particular, we assume that the target object is located in a cluttered environment where both prehensile grasping and non-prehensile manipulation are combined for efficient teleoperation. A trajectory-based reinforcement learning is utilized for learning the non-prehensile manipulation to rearrange the objects for enabling direct grasping. From the depth image of the cluttered environment and the location of the goal object, the learned policy can provide multiple options of non-prehensile manipulation to the human operator. We carefully design a reward function for the rearranging task where the policy is trained in a simulational environment. Then, the trained policy is transferred to a real-world and evaluated in a number of real-world experiments with the varying number of objects where we show that the proposed method outperforms manual keyboard control in terms of the time duration for the grasping.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages9295-9301
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781728196817
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event39th IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2022 - Philadelphia, United States
Duration: 2022 May 232022 May 27

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
ISSN (Print)1050-4729

Conference

Conference39th IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia
Period22/5/2322/5/27

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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