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Abstract: Enabling robots to perform tool manipulation like humans remains a great challenge. A semantic understanding of tool affordances and precise spatial localization is essential for this task.

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ago, the ...

Abstract: This paper presents a grasping-based robotic screwing tool. Unlike traditional tools that rely on mechanical fitting for torque transmission, we propose using parallel gripping to secure ...