Reliable vision-guided grasping

Keith E. Nicewarner; Robert B. Kelley

doi:10.1117/12.131705

1 November 1992 Reliable vision-guided grasping

Keith E. Nicewarner, Robert B. Kelley

Proceedings Volume 1829, Cooperative Intelligent Robotics in Space III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131705
Event: Applications in Optical Science and Engineering, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Automated assembly of truss structures in space requires vision-guided servoing for grasping a strut when its position and orientation are uncertain. This paper presents a methodology for efficient and robust vision-guided robot grasping alignment. The vision-guided grasping problem is related to vision-guided `docking' problems. It differs from other hand-in-eye visual servoing problems such as tracking in that the distance from the target is a relevant servo parameter. The methodology described in this paper is a hierarchy of levels in which the vision/robot interface is decreasingly `intelligent,' and increasingly fast. Speed is achieved primarily by information reduction. This reduction exploits the use of region-of-interest windows in the image plane and feature motion prediction. These reductions invariably require stringent assumptions about the image. Therefore, at a higher level, these assumptions are verified using slower, more reliable methods. This hierarchy provides for robust error recovery in that when a lower-level routine fails, the next-higher routine will be called and so on. A working system is described which visually aligns a robot to grasp a cylindrical strut. The system uses a single camera mounted on the end effector of a robot and requires only crude calibration parameters. The grasping procedure is fast and reliable, with a multi-level error recovery system.

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Keith E. Nicewarner and Robert B. Kelley "Reliable vision-guided grasping", Proc. SPIE 1829, Cooperative Intelligent Robotics in Space III, (1 November 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131705

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