Learning Beyond Rigid Manipulation with Hybrid Soft-Rigid Robots

arXiv:2410.07787v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Rigid-soft robot hybrids promise to unite the precision and repeatability of rigid manipulators with the compliance and adaptability of soft structures. Yet, full-fledged rigid-soft manipulators remain largely unexplored, in part because the intelligence required to exploit this combination is still missing. Here, we introduce a hybrid robotic system obtained by the series interconnection of a rigid arm and a soft manipulator, and systematically examine its ability to perform both established and previously inaccessible manipulation tas

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