Active garment recognition and target grasping point detection using deep learning

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Corona, Enric¹  Alenya, Guillem¹  Gabas, Antonio^1,2  Torras, Carme¹ 

[1] UPC, CSIC, Inst Robot & Informat Ind, C Llorens & Artigas 4-6, Barcelona 08028, Spain

[2] Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, Tokyo, Japan

关键词: Garment classification;    Garment grasping;    Deep learning;    Depth images;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.patcog.2017.09.042

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Identification and bi-manual handling of deformable objects, like textiles, is one of the most challenging tasks in the field of industrial and service robotics. Their unpredictable shape and pose makes it very difficult to identify the type of garment and locate the most relevant parts that can be used for grasping. In this paper, we propose an algorithm that first, identifies the type of garment and second, performs a search of the two grasping points that allow a robot to bring the garment to a known pose. We show that using an active search strategy it is possible to grasp a garment directly from predefined grasping points, as opposed to the usual approach based on multiple re-graspings of the lowest hanging parts. Our approach uses a hierarchy of three Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) with different levels of specialization, trained both with synthetic and real images. The results obtained in the three steps (recognition, first grasping point, second grasping point) are promising. Experiments with real robots show that most of the errors are due to unsuccessful grasps and not to the localization of the grasping points, thus a more robust grasping strategy is required. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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