Summary of Novel View Synthesis with Neural Radiance Fields For Industrial Robot Applications, by Markus Hillemann et al.
Novel View Synthesis with Neural Radiance Fields for Industrial Robot Applications
by Markus Hillemann, Robert Langendörfer, Max Heiken, Max Mehltretter, Andreas Schenk, Martin Weinmann, Stefan Hinz, Christian Heipke, Markus Ulrich
First submitted to arxiv on: 7 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Robotics (cs.RO)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed research evaluates the potential of Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) for industrial robot applications. NeRFs require multi-view images and camera poses, typically estimated using Structure from Motion (SfM). However, SfM is time-consuming and its quality depends on image content. The researchers propose an alternative: capturing input images with a calibrated camera attached to the end effector of an industrial robot, determining accurate camera poses based on robot kinematics. They compare novel views generated by NeRFs to ground truth and use ensemble methods to estimate internal quality measures. The study acquires multiple datasets challenging reconstruction typical in industrial applications, such as reflective objects, poor texture, and fine structures. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary NeRFs are a new way of creating 3D scenes from photos. Right now, it’s hard to predict how well this works because we need to estimate where the cameras were when they took the pictures. This is called Structure from Motion (SfM). But SfM can be slow and doesn’t always work well. The researchers thought about a new way: using a camera attached to an industrial robot to take pictures and calculate where the cameras are. They tested this method and found it works better in some cases than SfM. |
