SKT: Integrating State-Aware Keypoint Trajectories with Vision-Language Models for Robotic Garment Manipulation
<|reference_start|>SKT: Integrating State-Aware Keypoint Trajectories with Vision-Language Models for Robotic Garment Manipulation: Automating garment manipulation poses a significant challenge for assistive robotics due to the diverse and deformable nature of garments. Traditional approaches typically require separate models for each garment type, which limits scalability and adaptability. In contrast, this paper presents a unified approach using vision-language models (VLMs) to improve keypoint prediction across various garment categories. By interpreting both visual and semantic information, our model enables robots to manage different garment states with a single model. We created a large-scale synthetic dataset using advanced simulation techniques, allowing scalable training without extensive real-world data. Experimental results indicate that the VLM-based method significantly enhances keypoint detection accuracy and task success rates, providing a more flexible and general solution for robotic garment manipulation. In addition, this research also underscores the potential of VLMs to unify various garment manipulation tasks within a single framework, paving the way for broader applications in home automation and assistive robotics for future.<|reference_end|>
@article{li2024skt:,
    title={SKT: Integrating State-Aware Keypoint Trajectories with Vision-Language
  Models for Robotic Garment Manipulation},
    author={Xin Li, Siyuan Huang, Qiaojun Yu, Zhengkai Jiang, Ce Hao, Yimeng Zhu,
  Hongsheng Li, Peng Gao, Cewu Lu},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.18082},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2409.18082},
    primaryClass={cs.RO cs.AI cs.CV}
}