scholarly journals APPLICATION OF ROBOT SORTING TECHNOLOGY IN AUTOMATIC SORTING OF 3D VISION TARGET POSE MANIPULATOR

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
3D Vision ◽  
Automatic Sorting

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT MACHINE FOR SORTING ANIMALS ACCORDING TO SPECIFIED CRITERIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (41) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
ALEKSEY SEDOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Intelligent Machine ◽  
Modbus Protocol ◽  
Automatic Sorting ◽  
Animal Identification ◽  
Software Modules ◽  
Control And Management

The Federal scientific Agroengineering center VIM has developed technical tools, algorithms and software for the intelligent automatic control system for milking animals “Stimul” on the “Herringbone” milking unit in three versions. The created system does not include automatic selection gates for effective management of zootechnical and veterinary services of animals. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in developing an intelligent machine for automatic sorting of animals for servicing and managing the herd according to specified characteristics. (Materials and methods) The article presents the development of control and management systems in dairy farming based on the conceptual principles of digital transformation. The digital control system is based on a multifunctional panel controller. The created control unit has a port for connecting to the RS 485 network and provides support for network functions via the Modbus Protocol. The programming of the control unit has been made in the SMLogix tool environment, which supports the FBD function block language. (Results and discussion) The article presents an intelligent machine for automatic sorting of animal flows for servicing and managing the herd according to specified characteristics with the unification of hardware, software modules and interface. The article describes the necessary parameters for the automatic remote animal identification system, the basic component of the control system of an intelligent machine for sorting animals according to specified characteristics. (Conclusions) The machine allows to automatically identify, sort and send animals to the specified areas for individual service.

scholarly journals 6D pose estimation with combined deep learning and 3D vision techniques for a fast and accurate object grasping

2021 ◽  
pp. 103775
Author(s):  
Tuan-Tang Le ◽  
Trung-Son Le ◽  
Yu-Ru Chen ◽  
Joel Vidal ◽  
Chyi-Yeu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Pose Estimation ◽  
3D Vision

scholarly journals Monocular Depth Estimation with Joint Attention Feature Distillation and Wavelet-Based Loss Function

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Peng Liu ◽  
Zonghua Zhang ◽  
Zhaozong Meng ◽  
Nan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Joint Attention ◽  
Loss Function ◽  
Depth Estimation ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
3D Vision ◽  
Network Training ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Benchmark Datasets ◽  
Ill Posed ◽  
Monocular Depth

Depth estimation is a crucial component in many 3D vision applications. Monocular depth estimation is gaining increasing interest due to flexible use and extremely low system requirements, but inherently ill-posed and ambiguous characteristics still cause unsatisfactory estimation results. This paper proposes a new deep convolutional neural network for monocular depth estimation. The network applies joint attention feature distillation and wavelet-based loss function to recover the depth information of a scene. Two improvements were achieved, compared with previous methods. First, we combined feature distillation and joint attention mechanisms to boost feature modulation discrimination. The network extracts hierarchical features using a progressive feature distillation and refinement strategy and aggregates features using a joint attention operation. Second, we adopted a wavelet-based loss function for network training, which improves loss function effectiveness by obtaining more structural details. The experimental results on challenging indoor and outdoor benchmark datasets verified the proposed method’s superiority compared with current state-of-the-art methods.

scholarly journals Combination of Dual-Energy X-ray Transmission and Variable Gas-Ejection for the In-Line Automatic Sorting of Many Types of Scrap in One Measurement

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4349
Author(s):  
Tianzhong Xiong ◽  
Wenhua Ye ◽  
Xiang Xu
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Dual Energy ◽  
Center Of Gravity ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Identification Accuracy ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Automatic Sorting

As an important part of pretreatment before recycling, sorting has a great impact on the quality, efficiency, cost and difficulty of recycling. In this paper, dual-energy X-ray transmission (DE-XRT) combined with variable gas-ejection is used to improve the quality and efficiency of in-line automatic sorting of waste non-ferrous metals. A method was proposed to judge the sorting ability, identify the types, and calculate the mass and center-of-gravity coordinates according to the shading of low-energy, the line scan direction coordinate and transparency natural logarithm ratio of low energy to high energy (R_value). The material identification was satisfied by the nearest neighbor algorithm of effective points in the material range to the R_value calibration surface. The flow-process of identification was also presented. Based on the thickness of the calibration surface, the material mass and center-of-gravity coordinates were calculated. The feasibility of controlling material falling points by variable gas-ejection was analyzed. The experimental verification of self-made materials showed that identification accuracy by count basis was 85%, mass and center-of-gravity coordinates calculation errors were both below 5%. The method proposed features high accuracy, high efficiency, and low operation cost and is of great application value even to other solid waste sorting, such as plastics, glass and ceramics.

Human skill integrated motion planning of assembly manipulation for 6R industrial robot

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-180
Author(s):  
Yi Liu ◽  
Ming Cong ◽  
Hang Dong ◽  
Dong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Motion Planning ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Robotic Assembly ◽  
3D Vision ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Human Skill ◽  
Depth Images ◽  
Positioning Method ◽  
Assembly Technology

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a new method based on three-dimensional (3D) vision technologies and human skill integrated deep learning to solve assembly positioning task such as peg-in-hole. Design/methodology/approach Hybrid camera configuration was used to provide the global and local views. Eye-in-hand mode guided the peg to be in contact with the hole plate using 3D vision in global view. When the peg was in contact with the workpiece surface, eye-to-hand mode provided the local view to accomplish peg-hole positioning based on trained CNN. Findings The results of assembly positioning experiments proved that the proposed method successfully distinguished the target hole from the other same size holes according to the CNN. The robot planned the motion according to the depth images and human skill guide line. The final positioning precision was good enough for the robot to carry out force controlled assembly. Practical implications The developed framework can have an important impact on robotic assembly positioning process, which combine with the existing force-guidance assembly technology as to build a whole set of autonomous assembly technology. Originality/value This paper proposed a new approach to the robotic assembly positioning based on 3D visual technologies and human skill integrated deep learning. Dual cameras swapping mode was used to provide visual feedback for the entire assembly motion planning process. The proposed workpiece positioning method provided an effective disturbance rejection, autonomous motion planning and increased overall performance with depth images feedback. The proposed peg-hole positioning method with human skill integrated provided the capability of target perceptual aliasing avoiding and successive motion decision for the robotic assembly manipulation.

scholarly journals The interactive electrode localization utility: software for automatic sorting and labeling of intracranial subdural electrodes

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1829-1837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roan A. LaPlante ◽  
Wei Tang ◽  
Noam Peled ◽  
Deborah I. Vallejo ◽  
Mia Borzello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subdural Electrodes ◽  
Automatic Sorting ◽  
Electrode Localization

scholarly journals A Coarse-to-Fine Method for Estimating the Axis Pose Based on 3D Point Clouds in Robotic Cylindrical Shaft-in-Hole Assembly

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 4064
Author(s):  
Can Li ◽  
Ping Chen ◽  
Xin Xu ◽  
Xinyu Wang ◽  
Aijun Yin
Keyword(s):  
Pose Estimation ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Geometric Constraints ◽  
Admittance Control ◽  
3D Vision ◽  
Axis Orientation ◽  
3D Point Clouds ◽  
Object Pose Estimation ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Coarse To Fine

In this work, we propose a novel coarse-to-fine method for object pose estimation coupled with admittance control to promote robotic shaft-in-hole assembly. Considering that traditional approaches to locate the hole by force sensing are time-consuming, we employ 3D vision to estimate the axis pose of the hole. Thus, robots can locate the target hole in both position and orientation and enable the shaft to move into the hole along the axis orientation. In our method, first, the raw point cloud of a hole is processed to acquire the keypoints. Then, a coarse axis is extracted according to the geometric constraints between the surface normals and axis. Lastly, axis refinement is performed on the coarse axis to achieve higher precision. Practical experiments verified the effectiveness of the axis pose estimation. The assembly strategy composed of axis pose estimation and admittance control was effectively applied to the robotic shaft-in-hole assembly.

A Novel Method for Preoperative 6D Pose Estimation of Rat Skull Based on 3D Vision Techniques

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujun Wu ◽  
Hanwei Chen ◽  
Bo Han ◽  
Chao Liu ◽  
Xinjun Sheng
Keyword(s):  
Pose Estimation ◽  
3D Vision ◽  
Novel Method
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