We present a method for transferring grasps between objects of the same functional category. This transfer is intended to preserve the functionality of a grasp constructed for one of the objects, thus enabling the analogous action to be performed on a novel object for which no grasp has been specified. Manipulation knowledge is hence generalized from a single example to a class of objects with a significant amount of shape variability. The transfer is achieved through warping the surface geometry of the source object onto the target object, and along with it the contact points of a grasp. The warped contacts are locally replanned, if necessary, to ensure grasp stability, and a suitable grasp pose is computed. We present extensive results of experiments with a database of four-finger grasps, designed to systematically cover variations on grasping the mugs of the Princeton Shape Benchmark.
Transferring functional grasps through contact warping and local replanning
2012
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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