Improving Grasp Stability with Rotation Measurement from Tactile Sensing

October 2021

Improving Grasp Stability with Rotation Measurement from Tactile Sensing

Authors:

Raj Kolamuri, Zilin Si, Yufan Zhang, Arpit Agarwal, and Wenzhen Yuan
Conference Paper
Proceedings of (IROS) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Abstract:

Rotational displacement about the grasping point is a common grasp failure when an object is grasped at a location away from its center of gravity. Tactile sensors with soft surfaces, such as GelSight sensors, can detect the rotation patterns on the contacting surfaces when the object rotates. In this work, we propose a model-based algorithm that detects those rotational patterns and measures rotational displacement using the GelSight sensor. We also integrate the rotation detection feedback into a closed-loop regrasping framework, which detects the rotational failure of grasp in an early stage and drives the robot to a stable grasp pose. We validate our proposed rotation detection algorithm and grasp-regrasp system on self-collected dataset and online experiments to show how our approach accurately detects the rotation and increases grasp stability.
@conference{Kolamuri-2021-130387,
author = {Raj Kolamuri And Zilin Si And Yufan Zhang And Arpit Agarwal And Wenzhen Yuan},
title = {Improving Grasp Stability with Rotation Measurement from Tactile Sensing},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (IROS) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
year = {2021},
month = {October},
keywords = {GelSight},
}
Copyright notice: This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. These works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.