Inferring the Material Properties of Granular Media for Robotic Tasks

Carolyn Matl,Yashraj Narang,Ruzena Bajcsy,Fabio Ramos,Dieter Fox,Carolyn Matl,Yashraj Narang,Ruzena Bajcsy,Fabio Ramos,Dieter Fox

Granular media (e.g., cereal grains, plastic resin pellets, and pills) are ubiquitous in robotics-integrated industries, such as agriculture, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical development. This prevalence mandates the accurate and efficient simulation of these materials. This work presents a software and hardware framework that automatically calibrates a fast physics simulator to accurately simula...