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Improving Sim-to-Real Transfer for Humanoid Robot NICO's Grasping Accuracy

Researchers address the sim-to-real gap in robotic grasping by introducing a low-cost haptic calibration method that enhances 2D reaching accuracy in the humanoid robot NICO. This method improves coordination between visual perception, object localization, inverse kinematics, and hand control.

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-07-20T17:45:04+00:00 Detected 2026-07-21T09:19:37+00:00
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Researchers address the sim-to-real gap in robotic grasping by introducing a low-cost haptic calibration method that enhances 2D reaching accuracy in the humanoid robot NICO. This method improves coordination between visual perception, object localization, inverse kinematics, and hand control.

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Robotic grasping requires accurate coordination between visual perception, object localization, inverse kinematics, and hand control. However, when movements planned in simulation are executed on a physical robot, the sim-to-real gap can cause small positioning errors that prevent successful grasping. In our...

Reducing positioning errors when transferring movements from simulation to physical robots is crucial for reliable robotic grasping. Enhancing sim-to-real transfer can lead to more effective and affordable humanoid robots in practical applications.

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