The Technology and Intellectual Property H.Q. of OMRON Corporation (HQ: Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto; President and CEO: Junta Tsujinaga; hereinafter "OMRON") and OMRON SINIC X Corporation (HQ: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Masaki Suwa; hereinafter "OSX") present eight of our latest research findings (one from the Technology and Intellectual Property H.Q. and seven from OSX) at the 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024). In addition, five of the research papers will be presented at ORAL PRESENTATIONS¹⁾.

Along with ICRA²⁾, IROS is one of the world's largest international conferences in the robotics field. A total of 1,587 papers (about 47%) were accepted out of 3,344 submissions in 2024. The conference will be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on October 14-18. The Technology and Intellectual Property H.Q. presents "A low-cost, high-speed, and robust bin picking system for factory automation." In addition, OSX presents "Low-cost air hockey platform for human-robot interaction research," "Saguri-bot: zero-shot sim-to-real transfer for soft robotic object insertion," "Object manipulation by cooperative movement of a team of mobile robots," and more.

Furthermore, a research paper by Senior Researcher Kazutoshi Tanaka et al. has been selected as one of the finalists for the "IROS Best Entertainment and Amusement Paper Award sponsored by JTCF." The paper is one of four papers selected as the finalists.

For details, please refer to the link of each paper to be presented at IROS 2024.

1) At IROS 2024, the oral presentation formats are divided into ORAL PRESENTATIONS (15-minute oral presentation) and ORAL PITCH PRESENTATIONS (3-minute oral and poster presentations).

2) ICRA: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

■A paper presented by the Technology and Intellectual Property H.Q.

A Low-Cost, High-Speed, and Robust Bin Picking System for Factory Automation Enabled by a Non-stop, Multi-View, and Active Vision Scheme

Authors

Xingdou Fu (OMRON), Lin Miao (OMRON), Yasuhiro Ohnishi (OMRON), Yuki Hasegawa (OMRON), and Masaki Suwa (OMRON)

Time and Session

9:00-10:00, Friday, October 18　*Presentation time is in local time.

Paper FrPI6T4.3（ORAL PITCH PRESENTATIONS）

Related page

https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00706

■Papers presented by OSX

Low-cost air hockey robot using a five-bar linkage mechanism driven by position-control servomotors

Authors

Mirai Shinjo (Tront University / OSX intern from May to August 2023), Cristian Camilo Beltran-Hernandez (OSX), Masashi Hamaya (OSX), and Kazutoshi Tanaka (OSX)

Time and Session

17:00-17:15, Wednesday, October 16　*Presentation time is in local time.

Paper WeCT2.3（ORAL PRESENTATIONS）

Related page

https://omron-sinicx.github.io/air-hockey-robot-v1/

*Selected as one of finalists for IROS Best Entertainment and Amusement Paper Award sponsored by JTCF

Visuo-Tactile Zero-Shot Object Recognition with Vision-Language Model

Authors

Shiori Ueda (Keio University), Atsushi Hashimoto (OSX), Masashi Hamaya (OSX), Kazutoshi Tanaka (OSX), and Hideo Saito (Keio University)

Time and Session

9:00-10:00, Thursday, October 17　*Presentation time is in local time.

Paper ThPI4T4.16（ORAL PITCH PRESENTATIONS）

Related page

https://omron-sinicx.github.io/visuo-tactile-recognition/

https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2409.09276

Language-Guided Pattern Formation for Swarm Robotics with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Authors

Hsu-Shen Liu (National Tsing Hua University), So Kuroki (OSX), Tadashi Kozuno (OSX), Wei-Fang Sun (NVIDIA AI Technology Center), and Chun-Yi Lee (National Tsing Hua University)

Time and Session

11:15-11:30, Thursday, October 17　*Presentation time is in local time.

Paper ThBT14.2（ORAL PRESENTATIONS）

Related page

https://omron-sinicx.github.io/language-guided-pattern-formation/

Robot Swarm Control Based on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Obstacle-Unaware Navigation

Authors

Michikuni Eguchi (Cluster Metaverse Lab / University of Tsukuba), Mai Nishimura (OSX), Shigeo Yoshida (OSX), and Takefumi Hiraki (Cluster Metaverse Lab)

Time and Session

11:30-11:45, Thursday, October 17　*Presentation time is in local time.

Paper ThBT14.3（ORAL PRESENTATIONS）

Related page

https://mvmlab.jp/research/sph-navigation/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16309

Robotic Object Insertion with a Soft Wrist through Sim-to-Real Privileged Training

Authors

Yuni Fuchioka (ETH Zurich / OSX intern from June to December 2023), Cristian Camilo Beltran-Hernandez (OSX), Nguyen Hai (Northeastern University / OSX intern from May to September 2023), and Masashi Hamaya (OSX)

Time and Session

15:30-16:30, Thursday, October 17　*Presentation time is in local time.

Paper ThPI5T2.5（ORAL PITCH PRESENTATIONS）

Related page

https://omron-sinicx.github.io/soft-robot-sim-to-real/

https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2408.17061

Multi-Agent Behavior Retrieval: Retrieval-Augmented Policy Training for Cooperative Push Manipulation by Mobile Robots

Authors

So Kuroki (OSX), Mai Nishimura (OSX), and Tadashi Kozuno (OSX)

Time and Session

10:45-11:00, Friday, October 18　*Presentation time is in local time.

Paper FrAT3.4（ORAL PRESENTATIONS）

Related page

https://omron-sinicx.github.io/mabr/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.02008

Learning Variable Compliance Control From a Few Demonstrations for Bimanual Robot with Haptic Feedback Teleoperation System

Authors

Tatsuya Kamijo* (The University of Tokyo / OSX intern from October 2023 to the present), Cristian Camilo Beltran-Hernandez* (OSX), and Masashi Hamaya (OSX)　*: Equal contribution

Time and Session

10:30-10:45, Friday, October 18　*Presentation time is in local time.

Paper FrAT3.3（ORAL PRESENTATIONS）

Related page

https://omron-sinicx.github.io/CompACT/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14990

For a list of OMRON group's publications, please refer to
https://www.omron.com/global/en/technology/publications/

About the Technology and Intellectual Property H.Q.

The Technology and Intellectual Property H.Q., OMRON Group's corporate R&D division, is working to anticipate social issues that may arise in the near future and create innovation driven by social needs to solve them, while evolving our core technology of "Sensing & Control + Think." With the aim of expanding human potential and realizing a future in which people can play a more active role, we are conducting a variety of research and development activities in areas such as AI, robotics, energy management, and sensing based on our founder Kazuma Tateishi's management philosophy: "To the machine, the work of the machine, to man the thrill of further creation."

- OMRON's technology: https://www.omron.com/global/en/technology/
- For any inquiries about OMRON, please contact us here.

About OMRON SINIC X Corporation

OMRON SINIC X Corporation is a strategic subsidiary seeking to realize the "near future designs" that OMRON forecasts. It is comprised of researchers with cutting-edge knowledge and experience across a wide range of technological domains, including AI, Robotics, IoT, and sensing. With the aim of addressing social issues, OSX integrates innovative technologies with business models and strategies in technology and IP to create near-future designs. Additionally, the company accelerates the creation of these designs through collaborative research with universities and external research institutions.

- OSX's website: https://www.omron.com/sinicx/en/
- OSX's activities: https://www.omron.com/sinicx/en/activity/
- For any inquiries about OSX, please contact us here.

OMRON Technology and Intellectual Property H.Q. and OMRON SINIC X Present Latest Research Findings at IROS 2024, Top-Tier Conference on Robotics