FFHFlow: Diverse and Uncertainty-Aware Dexterous Grasp Generation via Flow Variational Inference

Fuente: arXiv
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Feng, Qian, Feng, Jianxiang, Chen, Zhaopeng, Triebel, Rudolph, Knoll, Alois
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866909769411854336
author Feng, Qian
Feng, Jianxiang
Chen, Zhaopeng
Triebel, Rudolph
Knoll, Alois
author_facet Feng, Qian
Feng, Jianxiang
Chen, Zhaopeng
Triebel, Rudolph
Knoll, Alois
contents Synthesizing diverse, uncertainty-aware grasps for multi-fingered hands from partial observations remains a critical challenge in robot learning. Prior generative methods struggle to model the intricate grasp distribution of dexterous hands and often fail to reason about shape uncertainty inherent in partial point clouds, leading to unreliable or overly conservative grasps. We propose FFHFlow, a flow-based variational framework that generates diverse, robust multi-finger grasps while explicitly quantifying perceptual uncertainty in the partial point clouds. Our approach leverages a normalizing flow-based deep latent variable model to learn a hierarchical grasp manifold, overcoming the mode collapse and rigid prior limitations of conditional Variational Autoencoders (cVAEs). By exploiting the invertibility and exact likelihoods of flows, FFHFlow introspects shape uncertainty in partial observations and identifies novel object structures, enabling risk-aware grasp synthesis. To further enhance reliability, we integrate a discriminative grasp evaluator with the flow likelihoods, formulating an uncertainty-aware ranking strategy that prioritizes grasps robust to shape ambiguity. Extensive experiments in simulation and real-world setups demonstrate that FFHFlow outperforms state-of-the-art baselines (including diffusion models) in grasp diversity and success rate, while achieving run-time efficient sampling. We also showcase its practical value in cluttered and confined environments, where diversity-driven sampling excels by mitigating collisions (Project Page: https://sites.google.com/view/ffhflow/home/).
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2407_15161
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle FFHFlow: Diverse and Uncertainty-Aware Dexterous Grasp Generation via Flow Variational Inference
Feng, Qian
Feng, Jianxiang
Chen, Zhaopeng
Triebel, Rudolph
Knoll, Alois
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Synthesizing diverse, uncertainty-aware grasps for multi-fingered hands from partial observations remains a critical challenge in robot learning. Prior generative methods struggle to model the intricate grasp distribution of dexterous hands and often fail to reason about shape uncertainty inherent in partial point clouds, leading to unreliable or overly conservative grasps. We propose FFHFlow, a flow-based variational framework that generates diverse, robust multi-finger grasps while explicitly quantifying perceptual uncertainty in the partial point clouds. Our approach leverages a normalizing flow-based deep latent variable model to learn a hierarchical grasp manifold, overcoming the mode collapse and rigid prior limitations of conditional Variational Autoencoders (cVAEs). By exploiting the invertibility and exact likelihoods of flows, FFHFlow introspects shape uncertainty in partial observations and identifies novel object structures, enabling risk-aware grasp synthesis. To further enhance reliability, we integrate a discriminative grasp evaluator with the flow likelihoods, formulating an uncertainty-aware ranking strategy that prioritizes grasps robust to shape ambiguity. Extensive experiments in simulation and real-world setups demonstrate that FFHFlow outperforms state-of-the-art baselines (including diffusion models) in grasp diversity and success rate, while achieving run-time efficient sampling. We also showcase its practical value in cluttered and confined environments, where diversity-driven sampling excels by mitigating collisions (Project Page: https://sites.google.com/view/ffhflow/home/).
title FFHFlow: Diverse and Uncertainty-Aware Dexterous Grasp Generation via Flow Variational Inference
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.15161