The field of robotics and simulation is rapidly advancing, with a focus on improving the accuracy and efficiency of robotic systems. One of the key areas of research is the development of new methods for simulating real-world environments, allowing for more realistic and effective training of robotic systems. This includes the use of differentiable simulators, which enable the automated tuning of simulator and controller parameters to improve performance in deployment domains. Additionally, researchers are exploring the use of synthetic data, generated using techniques such as 3D Gaussian Splatting, to supplement real-world data and improve the accuracy of robotic systems. Notable papers in this area include DiffCoTune, which proposes a framework for automated, gradient-based tuning of simulator and controller parameters, and PLANTPose, which introduces a novel framework for category-level 6D object pose estimation using a lattice-deformation framework and diffusion-augmented synthetic data. Other noteworthy papers include Splatting Physical Scenes, which presents a novel real-to-sim framework for creating accurate physical simulations from real-world robot motion, and ProJo4D, which proposes a progressive joint optimization framework for sparse-view inverse physics estimation.
Advances in Simulation and Robotics
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DiffCoTune: Differentiable Co-Tuning for Cross-domain Robot Control
Category-Level 6D Object Pose Estimation in Agricultural Settings Using a Lattice-Deformation Framework and Diffusion-Augmented Synthetic Data
The effects of using created synthetic images in computer vision training
Splatting Physical Scenes: End-to-End Real-to-Sim from Imperfect Robot Data
Pseudo-Simulation for Autonomous Driving
Generating Synthetic Stereo Datasets using 3D Gaussian Splatting and Expert Knowledge Transfer
ArtVIP: Articulated Digital Assets of Visual Realism, Modular Interaction, and Physical Fidelity for Robot Learning
Point Cloud Segmentation of Agricultural Vehicles using 3D Gaussian Splatting
Synthetic Dataset Generation for Autonomous Mobile Robots Using 3D Gaussian Splatting for Vision Training
DSG-World: Learning a 3D Gaussian World Model from Dual State Videos
Rectified Point Flow: Generic Point Cloud Pose Estimation
ProJo4D: Progressive Joint Optimization for Sparse-View Inverse Physics Estimation