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Tanner Watts

3 accepted papers

2026

DiffDef: A Diffusion Model for Generating Multimodal Goal Shapes from Demonstrations for Deformable Object Manipulation

ICRA 2026poster

Deformable object manipulation is pivotal to numerous real-world robotic applications. A promising paradigm in this field is the shape servoing task, focusing on controlling deformable objects into desired goal shapes. However, prior works typically rely on impractical goal shape acquisition methods…

Cited by 0Scholar
2025

From Monocular Vision to Autonomous Action: Guiding Tumor Resection via 3D Reconstruction

IROS 2025

Surgical automation requires precise guidance and understanding of the scene. Current methods in the literature rely on bulky depth cameras to create maps of the anatomy; however, this does not translate well to space-limited clinical applications. Monocular cameras are small and allow minimally inv

Cited by 6SourceScholar
2024

DefGoalNet: Contextual Goal Learning from Demonstrations for Deformable Object Manipulation

ICRA 2024poster

Shape servoing, a robotic task dedicated to controlling objects to desired goal shapes, is a promising approach to deformable object manipulation. An issue arises, however, with the reliance on the specification of a goal shape. This goal has been obtained either by a laborious domain knowledge engi…

Cited by 1SourceScholar