Automated Action Generation based on Action Field for Robotic Garment Smoothing and Alignment

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Main Authors: Cheng, Hu, Tokuda, Fuyuki, Kosuge, Kazuhiro
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Published: 2025
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author Cheng, Hu
Tokuda, Fuyuki
Kosuge, Kazuhiro
author_facet Cheng, Hu
Tokuda, Fuyuki
Kosuge, Kazuhiro
contents Garment manipulation using robotic systems is a challenging task due to the diverse shapes and deformable nature of fabric. In this paper, we propose a novel method for robotic garment smoothing and alignment that significantly improves the accuracy while reducing computational time compared to previous approaches. Our method features an action generator that directly interprets scene images and generates pixel-wise end-effector action vectors using a neural network. The network also predicts a manipulation score map that ranks potential actions, allowing the system to select the most effective action. Extensive simulation experiments demonstrate that our method achieves higher smoothing and alignment performances and faster computation time than previous approaches. Real-world experiments show that the proposed method generalizes well to different garment types and successfully flattens garments.
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spellingShingle Automated Action Generation based on Action Field for Robotic Garment Smoothing and Alignment
Cheng, Hu
Tokuda, Fuyuki
Kosuge, Kazuhiro
Robotics
Garment manipulation using robotic systems is a challenging task due to the diverse shapes and deformable nature of fabric. In this paper, we propose a novel method for robotic garment smoothing and alignment that significantly improves the accuracy while reducing computational time compared to previous approaches. Our method features an action generator that directly interprets scene images and generates pixel-wise end-effector action vectors using a neural network. The network also predicts a manipulation score map that ranks potential actions, allowing the system to select the most effective action. Extensive simulation experiments demonstrate that our method achieves higher smoothing and alignment performances and faster computation time than previous approaches. Real-world experiments show that the proposed method generalizes well to different garment types and successfully flattens garments.
title Automated Action Generation based on Action Field for Robotic Garment Smoothing and Alignment
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03537