Ridgeback Research

Research

  • Utilizing Vision-Language Models as Action Models for Intent Recognition and Assistance - 2025-08-14 - Research Publication - Human-robot collaboration requires robots to quickly infer user intent, provide transparent reasoning, and assist users in achieving their goals. Future work will evaluate the system on Isaac Sim using a Franka Emika arm… - source: arxiv.org
  • No Minima, No Collisions: Combining Modulation and Control Barrier Function Strategies for Feasible Dynamic Collision Avoidance - 2025-02-20 - Research Publication - However, Mod-DS provides no straightforward mechanism for handling input constraints and remains largely restricted to fully actuated systems. Across all evaluations, Modulated CBF-QPs consistently outperform standard… - source: arxiv.org

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