Implementation of a framework for learning handover grasp configurations through observation during human-robot object handovers

Wesley P. Chan, Kotaro Nagahama, Hiroaki Yaguchi, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

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Abstract

As humanoids work alongside people, there will be many situations where they need to handover objects to people. If humanoids are to fulfill their purpose effectively, it is imperative that they perform handovers properly. When handing over an object, the giver needs to determine where to grasp and how to orient the object properly in order to ensure a safe and efficient handover. We propose and implement a framework for automatically learning handover grasp points and orientations - which we refer to collectively as the handover grasp configuration - by observing how people hand over the objects to the robot. We achieve this using a skeleton tracker and a particle filter based object tracker. Our system requires no additional external cameras, or any markers on the person or the object. As far as we know, this is the first system that offers such capabilities for learning handover grasp configurations. An implementation on an HRP2V robot and an experiment with three different objects verified that our framework is capable of extracting and learning grasp configurations from handover demonstrations, and subsequently using the learned grasp configurations to handover the objects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE-RAS 15th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2015)
EditorsFrank Chongwoo Park
Place of PublicationPiscataway NJ USA
PublisherIEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages1115-1120
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479968855, 9781479968848
ISBN (Print)9781479968862
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots 2015 - Seoul, Korea, South
Duration: 3 Nov 20155 Nov 2015
Conference number: 15th

Publication series

NameIEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
PublisherIEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISSN (Print)2164-0572
ISSN (Electronic)2164-0580

Conference

ConferenceIEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots 2015
Abbreviated titleHumanoids 2015
Country/TerritoryKorea, South
CitySeoul
Period3/11/155/11/15

Keywords

  • Handover
  • Receivers
  • Robot kinematics
  • Three-dimensional displays
  • Tracking

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