COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DIFFERENT IMAGE VIEWS TO FIND GRASP LOCATIONS AND TRAJECTORIES FOR ROBOTIC PICK UP

• Main Authors: Aparicio Ojea, Juan L, Claussen, Heiko, Wen, Chengtao, Sehr, Martin, Solowjow, Eugen
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.08.2020
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; HAND TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING

Computerized system and method are provided. A robotic manipulator (12) is arranged to grasp objects (20). A gripper (16) is attached to robotic manipulator (12), which includes an imaging sensor (14). During motion of robotic manipulator (12), imaging sensor (14) is arranged to capture images providing different views of objects in the environment of the robotic manipulator. A processor (18) is configured to find, based on the different views, candidate grasp locations and trajectories to perform a grasp of a respective object in the environment of the robotic manipulator. Processor (18) is configured to calculate respective values indicative of grasp quality for the candidate grasp locations, and, based on the calculated respective values indicative of grasp quality for the candidate grasp locations, processor (18) is configured to select a grasp location likely to result in a successful grasp of the respective object.