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One Demonstration Survived a New Object and a Shove

POIL tracked functional 3D points and drove them with a stable closed-loop controller.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-09-28-006
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Summary

POIL tracked functional 3D points and drove them with a stable closed-loop controller.

POIL represents the functional part of an object as a set of 3D points used both to transfer a demonstrated trajectory and to control execution. A multimodal model grounds the relevant part, point correspondences transfer the motion across pose and object-category changes, and multi-view tracking closes the loop. The controller projects per-point velocities into one rigid-body twist and carries a convergence argument under a rigid-object assumption. Simulation and real-robot experiments show transfer from one demonstration and recovery from disturbances, within the tested objects and scenes.

Why it matters

POIL tracked functional 3D points and drove them with a stable closed-loop controller.

Limits and context

No additional limitation was separately recorded.

Key claims

  1. POIL tracked functional 3D points and drove them with a stable closed-loop controller.

    Evidence: source-2026-09-28-006

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2609.30404arXiv · primary research

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