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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Industrial Perception, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Gary Bradski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kurt Konolige, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ethan Rublee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Troy Straszheim, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hauke Strasdat, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stefan Hinterstoisser, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steve Croft, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Zevenbergen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Industrial Perception, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Example embodiments may relate to methods and systems for selecting a grasp point on an object. In particular, a robotic manipulator may identify characteristics of a physical object within a physical environment. Based on the identified characteristics, the robotic manipulator may determine potential grasp points on the physical object corresponding to points at which a gripper attached to the robotic manipulator is operable to grip the physical object. Subsequently, the robotic manipulator may determine a motion path for the gripper to follow in order to move the physical object to a drop-off location for the physical object and then select a grasp point, from the potential grasp points, based on the determined motion path. After selecting the grasp point, the robotic manipulator may grip the physical object at the selected grasp point with the gripper and move the physical object through the determined motion path to the drop-off location.