Robert Platt
Associate Professor, Affiliate Faculty with the College of Engineering
Research interests
- Perception, planning, and control for robotic manipulation
Education
- PhD in Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Biography
Robert Platt is an associate professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston. He is also affiliated with the College of Engineering.
Platt's work primarily focuses on perception, planning, and control for robotic manipulation, with the goal of enabling robots to perform manipulation tasks in the context of real-world perceptual uncertainties. This area of study is essential to performing robotic assembly or repair tasks, or simply grasping and lifting objects in everyday environments. Platt expects robust robotic manipulation will have a range of future applications in the home, health care, manufacturing, hazardous environments, and the military.
Before joining Northeastern, Platt was a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a robotics engineer at NASA.
Labs and groups
Recent publications
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Symmetric Models for Visual Force Policy Learning
Citation: Colin Kohler, Anuj Shrivatsav Srikanth, Eshan Arora, Robert Platt . (2024). Symmetric Models for Visual Force Policy Learning ICRA, 3101-3107. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10610728 -
Fourier Transporter: Bi-Equivariant Robotic Manipulation in 3D
Citation: Haojie Huang, Owen Howell, Dian Wang , Xupeng Zhu, Robert Platt , Robin Walters . (2024). Fourier Transporter: Bi-Equivariant Robotic Manipulation in 3D ICLR. https://openreview.net/forum?id=UulwvAU1W0 -
SEIL: Simulation-augmented Equivariant Imitation Learning
Citation: Mingxi Jia, Dian Wang , Guanang Su, David Klee, Xupeng Zhu, Robin Walters, Robert Platt. (2023). SEIL: Simulation-augmented Equivariant Imitation Learning ICRA, 1845-1851. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161252 -
SEIL: Simulation-augmented Equivariant Imitation Learning
Citation: Mingxi Jia, Dian Wang , Guanang Su, David Klee, Xupeng Zhu, Robin Walters, Robert Platt. (2023). SEIL: Simulation-augmented Equivariant Imitation Learning ICRA, 1845-1851. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161252 -
Edge Grasp Network: A Graph-Based SE(3)-invariant Approach to Grasp Detection
Citation: Haojie Huang, Dian Wang , Xupeng Zhu, Robin Walters, Robert Platt. (2023). Edge Grasp Network: A Graph-Based SE(3)-invariant Approach to Grasp Detection ICRA, 3882-3888. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160728 -
Edge Grasp Network: A Graph-Based SE(3)-invariant Approach to Grasp Detection
Citation: Haojie Huang, Dian Wang , Xupeng Zhu, Robin Walters, Robert Platt. (2023). Edge Grasp Network: A Graph-Based SE(3)-invariant Approach to Grasp Detection ICRA, 3882-3888. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160728 -
Image to Sphere: Learning Equivariant Features for Efficient Pose Prediction
Citation: David Klee, Ondrej Biza, Robert Platt, Robin Walters. (2023). Image to Sphere: Learning Equivariant Features for Efficient Pose Prediction ICLR. https://openreview.net/pdf?id=_2bDpAtr7PI -
Image to Sphere: Learning Equivariant Features for Efficient Pose Prediction
Citation: David Klee, Ondrej Biza, Robert Platt, Robin Walters. (2023). Image to Sphere: Learning Equivariant Features for Efficient Pose Prediction ICLR. https://openreview.net/pdf?id=_2bDpAtr7PI -
The Surprising Effectiveness of Equivariant Models in Domains with Latent Symmetry
Citation: Dian Wang , Jung Yeon Park, Neel Sortur, Lawson L. S. Wong, Robin Walters, Robert Platt. (2023). The Surprising Effectiveness of Equivariant Models in Domains with Latent Symmetry ICLR. https://openreview.net/pdf?id=P4MUGRM4Acu -
Sample Efficient Grasp Learning Using Equivariant Models
Citation: Xupeng Zhu, Dian Wang , Ondrej Biza, Guanang Su, Robin Walters, Robert Platt. (2022). Sample Efficient Grasp Learning Using Equivariant Models Robotics: Science and Systems. https://doi.org/10.15607/RSS.2022.XVIII.071 -
Equivariant Transporter Network
Citation: Haojie Huang, Dian Wang , Robin Walters, Robert Platt. (2022). Equivariant Transporter Network Robotics: Science and Systems. https://doi.org/10.15607/RSS.2022.XVIII.007
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