Through the Looking Glass: Diminishing Occlusions in Robot Vision Systems with Mirror Reflections

Kentaro Yoshioka,Hidenori Okuni,Tuan Thanh Ta,Akihide Sai,Kentaro Yoshioka,Hidenori Okuni,Tuan Thanh Ta,Akihide Sai

The quality of robot vision greatly affects the performance of automation systems, where occlusions stand as one of the biggest challenges. If the target is occluded from the sensor, detecting and grasping such objects become very challenging. For example, when multiple robot arms cooperate in a single workplace, occlusions will be created under the robot arm itself and hide objects underneath. Wh...