Push-to-See: Learning Non-Prehensile Manipulation to Enhance Instance Segmentation via Deep Q-Learning

Baris Serhan,Harit Pandya,Ayse Kucukyilmaz,Gerhard Neumann,Baris Serhan,Harit Pandya,Ayse Kucukyilmaz,Gerhard Neumann

Efficient robotic manipulation of objects for sorting and searching often rely upon how well the objects are perceived and the available grasp poses. The challenge arises when the objects are irregular, have similar visual features (e.g., textureless objects) and the scene is densely cluttered. In such cases, non-prehensile manipulation (e.g., pushing) can facilitate grasping or searching by impro...