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ActiveAlign framework uses active perception to improve robot simulation accuracy

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Researchers have introduced ActiveAlign, a novel framework designed to bridge the gap between real-world robotic manipulation and its simulation counterparts. This system utilizes active perception, mimicking human behavior, to enhance the accuracy of simulated environments. ActiveAlign incorporates modules for hand-eye calibration through motion and differentiable rendering, as well as tactile feedback for millimeter-level precision, enabling robots to perform intricate tasks like pressing buttons and manipulating sliders. AI

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ActiveAlign framework uses active perception to improve robot simulation accuracy

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Ri-Zhao Qiu, Bowen Wen, Yifeng Jiang, Chen Tessler, Eric Heiden, Xue Bin Peng, Xiaolong Wang, Stan Birchfield, Erwin Coumans ·

    ActiveAlign: Aligning Egocentric Manipulation via Active Perception

    arXiv:2610.36859v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Real-to-Sim-to-Real (Real2Sim2Real) enables structured world representations for planning, interpretability, and safe execution. Most existing approaches rely on passive perception, which creates real2sim gaps due to imperfect obs…

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