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Abstract: In this work, we consider a group of robots working together to manipulate a rigid object to track a desired trajectory in $\text{SE}(3)$. The robots do not know the mass or friction ...

Abstract: We demonstrate model-based, visual robot manipulation of deformable linear objects. Our approach is based on a state-space representation of the physical system that the robot aims to ...