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Main Authors: Knopke, Maceon, Zhu, Liguo, Corke, Peter, Zhang, Fangyi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.14466
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author Knopke, Maceon
Zhu, Liguo
Corke, Peter
Zhang, Fangyi
author_facet Knopke, Maceon
Zhu, Liguo
Corke, Peter
Zhang, Fangyi
contents Grasping compliant objects is difficult for robots - applying too little force may cause the grasp to fail, while too much force may lead to object damage. A robot needs to apply the right amount of force to quickly and confidently grasp the objects so that it can perform the required task. Although some methods have been proposed to tackle this issue, performance assessment is still a problem for directly measuring object property changes and possible damage. To fill the gap, a new concept is introduced in this paper to assess compliant robotic grasping using instrumented objects. A proof-of-concept design is proposed to measure the force applied on a cuboid object from a first-object perspective. The design can detect multiple contact locations and applied forces on its surface by using multiple embedded 3D Hall sensors to detect deformation relative to embedded magnets. The contact estimation is achieved by interpreting the Hall-effect signals using neural networks. In comprehensive experiments, the design achieved good performance in estimating contacts from each single face of the cuboid and decent performance in detecting contacts from multiple faces when being used to evaluate grasping from a parallel jaw gripper, demonstrating the effectiveness of the design and the feasibility of the concept.
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spellingShingle Towards Assessing Compliant Robotic Grasping from First-Object Perspective via Instrumented Objects
Knopke, Maceon
Zhu, Liguo
Corke, Peter
Zhang, Fangyi
Robotics
Grasping compliant objects is difficult for robots - applying too little force may cause the grasp to fail, while too much force may lead to object damage. A robot needs to apply the right amount of force to quickly and confidently grasp the objects so that it can perform the required task. Although some methods have been proposed to tackle this issue, performance assessment is still a problem for directly measuring object property changes and possible damage. To fill the gap, a new concept is introduced in this paper to assess compliant robotic grasping using instrumented objects. A proof-of-concept design is proposed to measure the force applied on a cuboid object from a first-object perspective. The design can detect multiple contact locations and applied forces on its surface by using multiple embedded 3D Hall sensors to detect deformation relative to embedded magnets. The contact estimation is achieved by interpreting the Hall-effect signals using neural networks. In comprehensive experiments, the design achieved good performance in estimating contacts from each single face of the cuboid and decent performance in detecting contacts from multiple faces when being used to evaluate grasping from a parallel jaw gripper, demonstrating the effectiveness of the design and the feasibility of the concept.
title Towards Assessing Compliant Robotic Grasping from First-Object Perspective via Instrumented Objects
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.14466