Dex-Net 3.0: Computing Robust Robot Vacuum Suction Grasp Targets in Point Clouds using a New Analytic Model and Deep Learning
Vacuum-based end effectors are widely used in industry and are often preferred over parallel-jaw and multifinger grippers due to their ability to lift objects with a single point of contact. Suction grasp planners often target planar surfaces on point clouds near the estimated centroid of an object.
Evidence notes
- YuMi (IRB 14000 Dual-arm) is used in the study's data-collection or experimental dataset workflow.
Company context
ABB is a publicly listed electrification and automation group. It currently owns ABB Robotics, whose signed sale to SoftBank remains pending, while Machine Automation continues inside ABB's Automation business.