<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Manipulation | Harshitha B R</title><link>https://harshithabr.github.io/tags/manipulation/</link><atom:link href="https://harshithabr.github.io/tags/manipulation/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Manipulation</description><generator>Hugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://harshithabr.github.io/media/icon_hu68170e94a17a2a43d6dcb45cf0e8e589_3079_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.png</url><title>Manipulation</title><link>https://harshithabr.github.io/tags/manipulation/</link></image><item><title>HAND Me the Data: Fast Robot Adaptation via Hand Path Retrieval</title><link>https://harshithabr.github.io/publication/hand-me-the-data/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://harshithabr.github.io/publication/hand-me-the-data/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Collision-Aware Trajectory Optimization for Plant Manipulation</title><link>https://harshithabr.github.io/project/plant-manipulation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://harshithabr.github.io/project/plant-manipulation/</guid><description>&lt;p>Developed collision-aware trajectory optimization for robotic target retrieval and compared it with an inverse-kinematics baseline, improving end-effector goal-reaching success by &lt;strong>2%+&lt;/strong>.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Robot-Assisted Dressing — PhyRC Challenge</title><link>https://harshithabr.github.io/project/assistive-dressing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://harshithabr.github.io/project/assistive-dressing/</guid><description>&lt;p>Developed robot-learning methods for &lt;strong>assistive dressing&lt;/strong> using segmented point clouds and human pose to maximize garment coverage over the arm. The system achieved the &lt;strong>highest Phase-1 score&lt;/strong> in the Cornell PhyRC Assistive Dressing Challenge and advanced to Phase 2.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>