A Unified Transformer-Based Framework with Pretraining for Whole Body Grasping Motion Generation

We present a novel transformer-based framework for whole-body grasping that addresses both pose generation and motion infilling, enabling realistic and stable object interactions. Our pipeline comprises three stages: Grasp Pose Generation for full-body grasp generation, Temporal Infilling for smooth motion continuity, and a LiftUp Transformer that refines downsampled joints back to high-resolution markers. To overcome the scarcity of hand-object interaction data, we introduce a data-efficient Generalized Pretraining stage on large, diverse motion datasets, yielding robust spatio-temporal representations transferable to grasping tasks. Experiments on the GRAB dataset show that our method outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in terms of coherence, stability, and visual realism. The modular design also supports easy adaptation to other human-motion applications. The code can be seen$\color{Purple}{\text{here}}$.

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2025-08-18
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https://doi.org/10.1109/icip55913.2025.11084417
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Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
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A Unified Transformer-Based Framework with Pretraining for Whole Body Grasping Motion Generation

Edward Effendy, Kuan-Wei Tseng, Rei Kawakami
Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
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A Unified Transformer-Based Framework with Pretraining for Whole Body Grasping Motion Generation

Edward Effendy, Kuan-Wei Tseng, Rei Kawakami
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Abstract

We present a novel transformer-based framework for whole-body grasping that addresses both pose generation and motion infilling, enabling realistic and stable object interactions. Our pipeline comprises three stages: Grasp Pose Generation for full-body grasp generation, Temporal Infilling for smooth motion continuity, and a LiftUp Transformer that refines downsampled joints back to high-resolution markers. To overcome the scarcity of hand-object interaction data, we introduce a data-efficient Generalized Pretraining stage on large, diverse motion datasets, yielding robust spatio-temporal representations transferable to grasping tasks. Experiments on the GRAB dataset show that our method outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in terms of coherence, stability, and visual realism. The modular design also supports easy adaptation to other human-motion applications. The code can be seen$\color{Purple}{\text{here}}$.

Shanghai Institute for Science of Science (CN), Institute of Science Tokyo (JP)
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Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
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