Grasping a full-3D linear feature

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Fit the full 3D axis of an elongated segmented feature and grasp it with a perpendicular, inclination-aware parallel-jaw pose. Use for handles, rods, shafts, tools, utensils, and other linear parts whose pitch or roll matters; use grasping-short-axis instead when an upright OBB and vertical approach are sufficient.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Grasping a full-3D linear feature skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by graph-robots/open-robot-skills in skills/grasping-linear-feature/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Use this skill when a segmented graspable part may be inclined in 3D. The point cloud is reduced to a robust principal axis by geometry.fit_linear_feature. The canonical script then builds a gripper frame with its local Y axis along the feature and its local Z approach axis perpendicular to it. The approach is chosen as close to world-down as the perpendicular constraint permits.

Recommended flow:

open → fit_axis → compute_grasp → pregrasp → descend → observe → close → grasped

surface_inset moves the fingertip target from the feature center along the approach direction; standoff places the pregrasp back along the same line. Keep both configurable because gripper geometry and point-cloud completeness vary across platforms.

This skill generates and executes a grasp pose; it does not decide which semantic part to grasp or verify object identity. Upstream perception should provide a point cloud containing only the selected linear feature.

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