PR2 Workshop 2012 – Roundup

The week-long PR2 Workshop in Freiburg was a success!

Approximately 40 people participated in the workshop, which primarily consisted of a hackathon. Participants were divided into six teams with people from multiple different institutions. Teams tackled a variety of problems related to the ICRA sushi challenge (coming to ICRA this year!).

The sushi challenge presents a number of interesting and tricky problems. A comprehensive solution would have to deal with a multitude of uncertainties. Here are a few of the challenges that the teams at the workshop focused on:

– How to avoid collisions and determine grasps for objects on a moving platter

– How to stack objects when clearing away a table

– How to detect reflective or opaque objects, such as metal cutlery

– How to unstack objects from stacks, such as cups and plates

– How to lay a table