Nonprehensile manipulation refers to robotic interaction methods that move objects without relying on secure grasps, instead exploiting dynamic contacts such as pushing, sliding, rolling and flicking.

Humanoid robots are increasingly capable of performing complex real-world tasks, but many still struggle with dexterous object manipulation and navigation in dynamic environments. Carnegie Mellon ...

Robotic manipulation of deformable objects addresses the complexities of interacting with items that change shape under force, such as cables, textiles, biological tissues and foodstuffs. Unlike rigid ...

(Nanowerk News) MIT researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically pushing hundreds of different objects. Using the dataset -- the largest and ...