Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating handoffs between a robot and a counterpart in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for controlling a robot to handoff an object. The method includes steps for presenting an object to a receiver, moving an object to interrogate a grip stiffness of the receiver, and measuring a response to the moving using a set of one or more sensors. The method further includes steps for computing the grip stiffness of the receiver based on the measured response and determining whether to release the object based on the computed grip stiffness.

Abstract: A data generation system can include a computing device that is configured to receive a request to generate a training dataset for an attribute and identify a set of item identifiers from an item database based on an engagement indication. The computing device is further configured to, for each item identifier of the set of item identifiers, obtain a query list including queries resulting in an engagement between the corresponding item identifier and a user and, in response to a portion of queries of the query list including the attribute being above a threshold, assign the corresponding item identifier to the training dataset for the attribute. The computing device is also configured to store the training dataset for the attribute in a training dataset database.