Improving Robotic Grasping on Monocular Images Via Multi-Task Learning and Positional Loss
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In this paper, we introduce two methods of improving real-time object grasping performance from monocular colour images in an end-to-end CNN architecture. The first is the addition of an auxiliary task during model training (multi-task learning). Our multi-task CNN model improves grasping performance from a baseline average of 72.04 grasping dataset when performing a supplementary depth reconstruction task. The second is introducing a positional loss function that emphasises loss per pixel for secondary parameters (gripper angle and width) only on points of an object where a successful grasp can take place. This increases performance from a baseline average of 72.04 epochs required. These methods can be also performed in tandem resulting in a further performance increase to 79.12 speed to afford real-time grasp processing.
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