Analysis and observations from the first amazon picking challenge

• Main Authors: Correll, Nikolaus, Bekris, Kostas E., Berenson, Dmitry, Brock, Oliver, Causo, Albert, Hauser, Kris, Okada, Kei, Rodriguez, Alberto, Romano, Joseph M., Wurman, Peter R.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Robot Vision Systems; Robotics; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85746; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48231
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents an overview of the inaugural Amazon Picking Challenge along with a summary of a survey conducted among the 26 participating teams. The challenge goal was to design an autonomous robot to pick items from a warehouse shelf. This task is currently performed by human workers, and the...