Delegation of object and pose detection

A system comprising one or more processors and memory operably coupled with the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores instructions that, in response to execution of the instructions by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• operate an object recognition client to facilitate object recognition for a robot;
• receive, by the object recognition client, sensor data indicative of an observed object in an environment;
• provide, by the object recognition client, to each of a plurality of targeted object recognition modules hosted remotely from the one or more processors, data indicative of the observed object, wherein the plurality of targeted object recognition modules are selected based at least in part on the sensor data;
• receive, by the object recognition client, from one or more of the plurality of targeted object recognition modules, one or more inferences about an object type or pose of the observed object;
• and
• determine information about the observed object based on the one or more inferences.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, from an object recognition client that facilitates object recognition for a robot, data indicative of an observed object;
• providing, to each of a plurality of targeted object recognition modules, at least a subset of the data indicative of the observed object;
• receiving, from one or more of the plurality of targeted object recognition modules, one or more inferences about an object type or pose of the observed object;
• and
• providing at least some of the one or more inferences to the object recognition client.