FastGrasp: Learning-based Whole-body Control method for Fast Dexterous Grasping with Mobile Manipulators

arXiv cs.RO / 4/15/2026

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Key Points

  • FastGrasp is presented as a learning-based framework to improve fast, dexterous grasping for mobile robots by addressing impact stabilization, real-time whole-body coordination, and cross-object generalization challenges in prior work.
  • The method uses a two-stage reinforcement learning approach where a conditional VAE generates diverse grasp candidates from object point clouds, followed by selecting an optimal grasp to drive coordinated base–arm–hand motions.
  • Tactile sensing is incorporated to enable real-time grasp adjustments, aiming to compensate for impact effects and object variability during high-speed manipulation.
  • Experiments are reported to show superior grasping performance in both simulation and real-world settings, with robust results across diverse object geometries and effective sim-to-real transfer.

Abstract

Fast grasping is critical for mobile robots in logistics, manufacturing, and service applications. Existing methods face fundamental challenges in impact stabilization under high-speed motion, real-time whole-body coordination, and generalization across diverse objects and scenarios, limited by fixed bases, simple grippers, or slow tactile response capabilities. We propose \textbf{FastGrasp}, a learning-based framework that integrates grasp guidance, whole-body control, and tactile feedback for mobile fast grasping. Our two-stage reinforcement learning strategy first generates diverse grasp candidates via conditional variational autoencoder conditioned on object point clouds, then executes coordinated movements of mobile base, arm, and hand guided by optimal grasp selection. Tactile sensing enables real-time grasp adjustments to handle impact effects and object variations. Extensive experiments demonstrate superior grasping performance in both simulation and real-world scenarios, achieving robust manipulation across diverse object geometries through effective sim-to-real transfer.