The 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) was held in Atlanta, USA, from May 19 to 23. The conference is the largest and most influential flagship conference in the field of robotics, hosted by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. The JVD undergraduate team, led by Associate Professor Xiang Li from the Department of Automation, secured first place in the Picking-from-Clutter track of the Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition.
The Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition (RGMC) is held annually during the ICRA conference. This year marked its tenth competition. This year's RGMC featured four tracks addressing different scenarios. The Picking-from-Clutter track required participating teams to use a robotic arm to grasp and move 20 different types of mixed objects in a specified order. The competition attracted over 20 teams from countries and regions all over the world. The JVD undergraduate team won the track championship with their innovative approach and stable engineering implementation. Team members included Shihefeng Wang, Chendong Xin, Zhefeng Zhang, and Gongrui Ma, where the last three are students from the undergraduate course Intelligent Robotic Manipulation, taught by Xiang Li this semester.
The team was formed and trained by the Intelligent Robotic Manipulation Lab (IRM-Lab) of the Department of Automation. The PI of IRM-Lab is Xiang Li, and the research goal is to enhance the dexterity and intelligent manipulation capabilities of robots, thereby promoting efficient interaction and collaboration between robots and humans in real-world environments.
Editor: Li Han
