Vision-Guided Loco-Manipulation with a Snake Robot

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Main Authors: Salagame, Adarsh, Potluri, Sasank, Vaidyanathan, Keshav Bharadwaj, Gangaraju, Kruthika, Sihite, Eric, Ramezani, Milad, Ramezani, Alireza
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Published: 2025
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author Salagame, Adarsh
Potluri, Sasank
Vaidyanathan, Keshav Bharadwaj
Gangaraju, Kruthika
Sihite, Eric
Ramezani, Milad
Ramezani, Alireza
author_facet Salagame, Adarsh
Potluri, Sasank
Vaidyanathan, Keshav Bharadwaj
Gangaraju, Kruthika
Sihite, Eric
Ramezani, Milad
Ramezani, Alireza
contents This paper presents the development and integration of a vision-guided loco-manipulation pipeline for Northeastern University's snake robot, COBRA. The system leverages a YOLOv8-based object detection model and depth data from an onboard stereo camera to estimate the 6-DOF pose of target objects in real time. We introduce a framework for autonomous detection and control, enabling closed-loop loco-manipulation for transporting objects to specified goal locations. Additionally, we demonstrate open-loop experiments in which COBRA successfully performs real-time object detection and loco-manipulation tasks.
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spellingShingle Vision-Guided Loco-Manipulation with a Snake Robot
Salagame, Adarsh
Potluri, Sasank
Vaidyanathan, Keshav Bharadwaj
Gangaraju, Kruthika
Sihite, Eric
Ramezani, Milad
Ramezani, Alireza
Robotics
This paper presents the development and integration of a vision-guided loco-manipulation pipeline for Northeastern University's snake robot, COBRA. The system leverages a YOLOv8-based object detection model and depth data from an onboard stereo camera to estimate the 6-DOF pose of target objects in real time. We introduce a framework for autonomous detection and control, enabling closed-loop loco-manipulation for transporting objects to specified goal locations. Additionally, we demonstrate open-loop experiments in which COBRA successfully performs real-time object detection and loco-manipulation tasks.
title Vision-Guided Loco-Manipulation with a Snake Robot
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18308