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New AI framework enables robots to grasp objects while avoiding specified areas

Researchers have developed a novel inference-time framework to enable language-driven grasp models to adhere to negative constraints, such as avoiding specific parts of an object. This method, which combines Sequential Monte Carlo with classifier-free guidance, steers sampling away from forbidden regions without requiring any negation-specific training data. The approach utilizes a frozen 3D part-grounding model to identify these forbidden areas from language instructions. To evaluate its effectiveness, a new benchmark called NegGrasp was created, featuring paired positive and negative instructions with constraint-aware metrics. The proposed method significantly reduces the violation rate compared to existing baselines while also improving both constraint-aware and physical success rates. AI

IMPACT This research could improve the precision and safety of robotic manipulation in complex environments.

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Geonho Kim, SooGon Kim, Jongmin Lee ·

    Potential-Guided Particle Steering for Negation-Constrained Dexterous Grasping

    arXiv:2609.00555v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Language-driven dexterous grasp models, such as DextER, perform well when instructions specify where to grasp, but we find they fail systematically when an instruction also specifies where not to grasp (e.g., "grasp the handle but…