RObotic MAnipulation of Deformable Objects workshop – Thursday, November 19, 2020

Novel solutions for the robotic manipulation of deformable objects can enable new real-world tasks in areas of strategic interest. These include the manufacturing industry, agriculture, or medicine. However, deformable objects are complex to model and require the manipulation system to have high adaptability and the ability to operate under uncertainty. These are important challenges and, although exciting progress has been made in the field over the past years, there remain many open technical questions. In particular, the workshop targeted the following topics of interest:

• Grasping for deformable objects
• Dexterous manipulation for deformable objects
• Manipulation planning for deformable objects
• Shape control of deformable objects
• Visual sensing for manipulation of deformable objects
• Tactile sensing for manipulation of deformable objects
• Multimodal perception for manipulation of deformable objects
• Machine learning for manipulation of deformable objects
• Multi-robot manipulation of deformable objects
• Human-robot manipulation of deformable objects

SOFTMANBOT project was presented during this event. If you want to discover more have a look at the video of the event.