Deformable Linear Objects (DLOs) such as cables, wires, ropes, and elastic tubes are numerously present both in domestic and industrial environments. Unfortunately, robotic systems handling DLOs are rare and have limited capabilities due to the challenging nature of perceiving them. Hence, we propose a novel approach named RT-DLO for real-time instance segmentation of DLOs. First, the DLOs are semantically segmented from the background. Afterward, a novel method to separate the DLO instances is applied. It employs the generation of a graph representation of the scene given the semantic mask where the graph nodes are sampled from the DLOs center-lines whereas the graph edges are selected based on topological reasoning. RT-DLO is experimentally evaluated against both DLO-specific and general-purpose instance segmentation deep learning approaches, achieving overall better performances in terms of accuracy and inference time.

Caporali, A., Galassi, K., Zagar, B.L., Zanella, R., Palli, G., Knoll, A.C. (2023). RT-DLO: Real-Time Deformable Linear Objects Instance Segmentation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, Early Access, 1-10 [10.1109/TII.2023.3245641].

RT-DLO: Real-Time Deformable Linear Objects Instance Segmentation

Caporali, Alessio
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Galassi, Kevin;Palli, Gianluca;
2023

Abstract

Deformable Linear Objects (DLOs) such as cables, wires, ropes, and elastic tubes are numerously present both in domestic and industrial environments. Unfortunately, robotic systems handling DLOs are rare and have limited capabilities due to the challenging nature of perceiving them. Hence, we propose a novel approach named RT-DLO for real-time instance segmentation of DLOs. First, the DLOs are semantically segmented from the background. Afterward, a novel method to separate the DLO instances is applied. It employs the generation of a graph representation of the scene given the semantic mask where the graph nodes are sampled from the DLOs center-lines whereas the graph edges are selected based on topological reasoning. RT-DLO is experimentally evaluated against both DLO-specific and general-purpose instance segmentation deep learning approaches, achieving overall better performances in terms of accuracy and inference time.
2023
Caporali, A., Galassi, K., Zagar, B.L., Zanella, R., Palli, G., Knoll, A.C. (2023). RT-DLO: Real-Time Deformable Linear Objects Instance Segmentation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, Early Access, 1-10 [10.1109/TII.2023.3245641].
Caporali, Alessio; Galassi, Kevin; Zagar, Bare Luka; Zanella, Riccardo; Palli, Gianluca; Knoll, Alois C
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