Title: Pose estimation for assembly robot using three dimensional registration

Authors: Haili Xu; Longbiao Zhu; Jian Zhuang; Sun'an Wang

Addresses: School of Mechanical Engineering, Nantong University, Jiangsu 226019, China ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Nantong University, Jiangsu 226019, China ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710049, China ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710049, China

Abstract: A novel method of object pose estimation based on three dimensional registration for assembly robot is presented. The spatial registration parameters can be computed by finding which projection of the volume is the most similar to the camera image. We compute the Fourier Transform (FT) of the volume projection by using FT projection theorem. A cost function is designed according to the magnitude of projection FT and image FT. Registration parameters is obtained by using Complicated System Genetic Algorithm (CSGA) to minimise the cost function. Assembly experiment made on our robot system shows our method is efficient and practical.

Keywords: pose estimation; assembly robots; 3D registration; three dimensional models; 3D modelling; volume projection; Fourier transform; camera images; CSGA; complicated system genetic algorithms; robot pose; assembly automation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSISE.2012.046744

International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering, 2012 Vol.5 No.1, pp.11 - 17

Received: 25 Aug 2009
Accepted: 19 Jul 2010
Published online: 31 Dec 2014 *

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