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Paul Backes

2 accepted papers

2023

GranularGym: High Performance Simulation for Robotic Tasks with Granular Materials

RSS 2023poster

Granular materials are of critical interest to many robotic tasks in planetary science, construction, and manufacturing. However, the dynamics of granular materials are complex and often computationally very expensive to simulate. We propose a set of methodologies and a system for the fast simulatio…

Cited by 6SourcePDFScholar
2018

Proprioceptive Inference for Dual-Arm Grasping of Bulky Objects Using RoboSimian

ICRA 2018poster

This work demonstrates dual-arm lifting of bulky objects based on inferred object properties (center of mass (COM) location, weight, and shape) using proprioception (i.e. force torque measurements). Data-driven Bayesian models describe these quantities, which enables subsequent behaviors to depend o…

Cited by 6SourceScholar