Vision controlled grasping by means of an intelligent robot hand

Abstract

In this paper a new visual servoing concept for dynamic grasping for humanoid robots will be presented. It relies on a stereo camera in the robot head for wide range observing in combination with a miniaturized close range camera integrated in a five finger hand. By optimal fusion of both camera information using a fuzzy decision making algorithm a robust visually controlled grasping of objects is achieved even in the case of disturbed signals or dynamic obstacles. © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.