Eye in-hand robot
AssigneeBrown University
InventorsJohn Oberlin, Stefanie Tellex
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Abstract
A robot includes a gripping member configured to move and pick up the object, a camera affixed to the gripping member such that movement of the gripping member causes movement of the camera, the camera configured to measure and store data related to intensity of light and direction of light rays within the environment, an image processing module configured to process the data to generate a probabilistic model defining a location of the object within the environment, and an operation module configured to move the gripping member to the location and pick up the object.
Claims13
A robot comprising:
- a gripping member configured to move and pick up an object;
- a camera affixed to the gripping member such that movement of the gripping member causes movement of the camera, the camera configured to measure and store data related to intensity of light and direction of light rays within the environment;
- an image processing module configured to process the data to generate a probabilistic model defining a location of the object within an environment;
- and
- an operation module configured to move the gripping member to the location and pick up the object.
A method for picking up an object within an environment using a robot comprising:
- moving a camera between a plurality of locations, each location generating a different viewing angle between the camera and the object;
- measuring data, with respect to the object and the environment, showing intensity of light and direction of light rays in the environment at each location;
- processing the data to determine a most likely location of the object;
- and
- operating a gripper on the robot by moving the gripper to the most likely location and picking up the object with the gripper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.