Pick and Place

The fundamental manipulation primitive: grasp an object at a source pose and place it at a target pose. Despite its simplicity, robust pick-and-place in unstructured environments requires reliable perception, grasp planning, motion planning, and error detection. Pick-and-place policies must generalize across object shapes, sizes, and materials.

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