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Title: Interacting Objects: A Dataset of Object-Object Interactions for Richer Dynamic Scene Representations
Award ID(s):
1839971
PAR ID:
10501764
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
ieee
Date Published:
Journal Name:
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Volume:
9
Issue:
1
ISSN:
2377-3774
Page Range / eLocation ID:
451 to 458
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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