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General object tip detection and pose estimation for robot manipulation

  • University of Innsbruck

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Abstract

Robot manipulation tasks like inserting screws and pegs into a hole or automatic screwing require precise tip pose estimation. We propose a novel method to detect and estimate the tip of elongated objects. We demonstrate that our method can estimate tip pose to millimeterlevel accuracy. We adopt a probabilistic, appearance-based object detection framework to detect pegs and bits for electric screw drivers. Screws are difficult to detect with feature-or appearance-based methods due to their reflective characteristics. To overcome this we propose a novel adaptation of RANSAC with a parallel-line model. Subsequently, we employ image moments to detect the tip and its pose. We show that the proposed method allows a robot to perform object insertion with only two pairs of orthogonal views, without visual servoing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Vision Systems - 10th International Conference, ICVS 2015, Proceedings
EditorsAntonios Gasteratos, Lazaros Nalpantidis, Volker Kruger, Jan-Olof Eklundh
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages364-374
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783319209036
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, ICVS 2015 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 6 Jul 20159 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9163
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, ICVS 2015
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period6/07/159/07/15

Keywords

  • Peg-in-hole insertion
  • Pose estimation
  • Tool tip detection

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