Learning Shape Control of Elastoplastic Deformable Linear Objects

Rita Laezza,Yiannis Karayiannidis,Rita Laezza,Yiannis Karayiannidis

Deformable object manipulation tasks have long been regarded as challenging robotic problems. However, until recently very little work has been done on the subject, with most robotic manipulation methods being developed for rigid objects. Deformable objects are more difficult to model and simulate, which has limited the use of model-free Reinforcement Learning (RL) strategies, due to their need fo...