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This paper presents a deep learning approach based on synthetic data for computer vision training and motion planning algorithms to be used in collaborative robotics. The cobot is in this case part of fully automated packing and cargo loading systems that must detect items, estimate their pose in space to grasp them, and create a collision-free pick and place trajectory. Simply recording raw data form sensors is typically insufficient to obtain an object’s pose. Specialized machine vision algorithms are needed to process the data, usually based on learning algorithms that depend on carefully annotated and extensive training datasets. However, procuring these datasets may prove expensive and time-consuming. To address this problem, we propose the use of synthetic data to train a neural network that will serve as a machine vision component for an automated packing system. We divide the problem into two steps: detection and pose estimation. Each step is performed with a different convolutional neuronal network configured to complete its task without excessive computing complexity that would be required to perform them simultaneously. We train and test both networks with synthetic data from a virtual scene of the workstation. For the detection problem, we achieved an accuracy of 99.5%. For the pose estimation problem, a mean error for the centre of the mass of 17.78 mm and a mean error for orientation of 21.28\(^\circ \) were registered. Testing with real-world data remains pending, as well as the use of other network architectures.
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Martínez-Franco, J.C., Álvarez-Martínez, D. (2021). Machine Vision for Collaborative Robotics Using Synthetic Data-Driven Learning. In: Trentesaux, D., Borangiu, T., Leitão, P., Jimenez, JF., Montoya-Torres, J.R. (eds) Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future. SOHOMA 2021. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 987. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80906-5_6
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