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Abstract

It is one of the main obstacles to the broader application of robots in industry. A computer system can now "see" an object at the top of a bin of mixed parts and direct a mechanical arm to pick it up.

Notes

Associated Center(s) / Consortia: Vision and Autonomous Systems Center

Number of pages: 11

Text Reference

B.K.P. Horn and Katsushi Ikeuchi, "The Mechanical Manipulation of Randomly Oriented Parts," Scientific American, Vol. 251, No. 2, August, 1984, pp. 100 - 109.

BibTeX Reference

@article{Ikeuchi_1984_4285,
   author = "B.K.P. Horn and Katsushi Ikeuchi",
   title = "The Mechanical Manipulation of Randomly Oriented Parts",
   journal = "Scientific American",
   pages = "100 - 109",
   month = "August",
   year = "1984",
   volume = "251",
   number = "2",
}

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