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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

An End-to-End Computationally Lightweight Vision-Based Grasping System for Grocery Items.

Thanavin Mansakul, Gilbert Tang, Phil Webb, Jamie Rice, Daniel Oakley, James Fowler

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Thanavin MansakulCentre for Robotics and Assembly, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-5792-5120
Gilbert TangCentre for Robotics and Assembly, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5497-7269
Phil WebbCentre for Robotics and Assembly, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.
Jamie RiceCentre for Robotics and Assembly, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.
Daniel OakleyCentre for Robotics and Assembly, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.
James FowlerCentre for Robotics and Assembly, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vision-based grasping for mobile manipulators poses significant challenges in machine perception, computational efficiency, and real-world deployment. This study presents a computationally lightweight, end-to-end grasp detection framework that integrates object detection, object pose estimation, and grasp point prediction for a mobile manipulator equipped with a parallel gripper. A transformation model is developed to map coordinates from the image frame to the robot frame, enabling accurate manipulation. To evaluate system performance, a benchmark and a dataset tailored to pick-and-pack grocery tasks are introduced. Experimental validation demonstrates an average execution time of under 5 s on an edge device, achieving a 100% success rate on Level 1 and 96% on Level 2 of the benchmark. Additionally, the system achieves an average compute-to-speed ratio of 0.0130, highlighting its energy efficiency. The proposed framework offers a practical, robust, and efficient solution for lightweight robotic applications in real-world environments.

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end-to-end grasp detectionlightweight computationmachine visionmobile manipulatorobject detectionobject pose estimationvision-based grasping system

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PMID40942739
PMCPMC12431233

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