Patents Assigned to BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV & DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
  • Patent number: 10402503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a grasp set of n gripping points for a common end effector of a robot, said end effector being used for grasping a plurality of parts, each part having its own geometry, the method comprises: (a) providing said plurality of parts in a CAD form; (b) meshing each of said parts; (c) determining for each of said parts all the possible grasps that are capable of holding the respective part by any k-contacts points end effector; (d) calculating a quality measure for each of said determined grasps; (e) calculating an allowable range for said calculated quality measures; (f) for each part, parametrizing each of its grasps that are found to be within said allowable range, by a feature vector; (g) performing a cross-part intersection between said grasps that are found to be within said allowable range, and determining those grasps that are intersected between parts; and (h) from among said intersected grasps, selecting a single grasp having a highest quality measure, sa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV & DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
    Inventors: Amir Shapiro, Avishai Sintov