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Sensing and Perception Systems Group
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Welcome
The Sensing and Perception Systems Group develops, advances, and deploys measurement science for spatial measurement and real-time, sensor-based control of intelligent systems used in manufacturing and construction applications. Carries out mission-related measurement science research and services to advance intelligent sensing and perception for automation and robotics at all scales; visual and tactile measurement; multi-sensor integration and sensory-data processing; world modeling and object recognition; 3D visualization tools; and active and purposive vision and sensing. Programs/Projects
Safety of Human-Robot Systems in Flexible Factory Environments—Industry is interested in leveraging the dexterity and versatility of people and the precision and repeatability of robots by enabling collaboration in dynamic and reconfigurable manufacturing … Robot Perception for Identifying and Locating Parts for Assembly—Perception systems underpin many advanced, autonomous, industrial-robot capabilities. These advanced capabilities include manipulation of unfixtured parts. This project will develop … Mobile Autonomous Vehicle Obstacle Detection and Avoidance—Mobile equipment is heavily used in manufacturing. There is a growing acceptance of either partially or fully autonomous equipment in the manufacturing area. A major problem, however, is that … Knowledge Driven Planning and Modeling—This project will aid in the development of measurement science and standards to enable advancements in planning by robots in scenarios relevant to manufacturing, starting with kitting and aiming … Robot Perception for Workspace Situational Awareness—Next generation robotic systems are expected to perform highly complex tasks in dynamic manufacturing environments. To be successful in performing these tasks, they need situational … Dexterous Manipulation for Part Grasping and Assembly—This project will investigate new measurement science to gauge the operational characteristics of manipulation at both the macro and micro scales. Emerging manipulation technologies have … Safety of Human-Robot Systems in Fixed Workcell Environments—Safe human-robot collaboration in manufacturing work cells is widely seen as key to the future of robotics. When humans and robots share the same workspace, a whole class of tasks becomes amenable … Next-Generation Robotics and Automation Program—The objective of the Next-Generation Robotics and Automation Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science to safely increase the versatility, autonomy, and rapid re-tasking of … Micro- and Nano-Manipulation for Manufacturing Applications—Manipulation at the micro and nano levels requires different strategies than at the macro scale and also the development of related sensing and actuation strategies to be able to control the … |
Highlights
Contact
Mike Shneier, Group Leader General Information: 100 Bureau Drive, M/S 8230
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Researchers developed a procedure using a dynamic, six-degree-of-freedom (6DOF) laser tracker to evaluate the performance of a real-time visual servoing implementation for on-the-fly assembly. The objective of the study was to establish a general method for evaluating real-time 6DOF dimensional measurements of moving objects. The evaluation procedure collects data simultaneously from the laser tracker and the visual servoing system under test so the two data streams can be compared. Laser trackers produce highly accurate position and orientation data at a high data rate and can therefore be considered to provide ground truth. Statistical comparisons were made on a number of scenarios to determine the performance of the visual servoing system.