2D/3D Localization and Pose Estimation of Harness Cables Using A Configurable Structure Representation for Robot Operations
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1. A cable harness visualization system, comprising:
- a three-dimensional, i.e., 3D, imaging system imaging at least one physical cable harness and creating a 3D cable harness model of the imaged physical cable harness;
a cable structure representation module representing said 3D cable harness model in terms of sets of predefined primitive 3D shapes and node markers, each primitive 3D geometric shape being of known dimensions, the imaged physical cable harness having connectors and non-rigid cable segments, said node markers defining the opposing ends of said non-rigid cable segments, each non-rigid cable segment being joined to a connector or to another non-rigid cable segment at a node marker;
wherein;
each non-rigid cable segment is represented by a corresponding one of said sets of predefined primitive 3D shapes;
the corresponding set of predefined primitive 3D shapes consisting of a train of primitive 3D geometric shapes that spatially track the path of its corresponding non-rigid cable segment, each non-rigid cable segment extends into the interior of its corresponding train of geometric shapes, and the individual geometric shapes within a train of geometric shapes turn in accord with twists and turns of the non-rigid cable segment they represent.
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Abstract
A robot is made to recognize and manipulate different types of cable harnesses in an assembly line. This is achieved by using a stereo camera system to define a 3D cloud of a given cable harness. Pose information of specific parts of the cable harness are determined from the 3D point cloud, and the cable harness is then re-presented as a collection of primitive geometric shapes of known dimensions, whose positions and orientations follow the spatial position of the represented cable harness. The robot can then manipulate the cable harness by using the simplified representation as a reference.
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1. A cable harness visualization system, comprising:
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a three-dimensional, i.e., 3D, imaging system imaging at least one physical cable harness and creating a 3D cable harness model of the imaged physical cable harness; a cable structure representation module representing said 3D cable harness model in terms of sets of predefined primitive 3D shapes and node markers, each primitive 3D geometric shape being of known dimensions, the imaged physical cable harness having connectors and non-rigid cable segments, said node markers defining the opposing ends of said non-rigid cable segments, each non-rigid cable segment being joined to a connector or to another non-rigid cable segment at a node marker; wherein; each non-rigid cable segment is represented by a corresponding one of said sets of predefined primitive 3D shapes; the corresponding set of predefined primitive 3D shapes consisting of a train of primitive 3D geometric shapes that spatially track the path of its corresponding non-rigid cable segment, each non-rigid cable segment extends into the interior of its corresponding train of geometric shapes, and the individual geometric shapes within a train of geometric shapes turn in accord with twists and turns of the non-rigid cable segment they represent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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