Robotic 3D Tetris

Abstract

The Comau 3D Bin Packer is an integrated software and hardware system that automates placing items into a container with a robot using computer vision, modern segmentation techniques, and a team-designed bin packing algorithm. The system detects incoming objects with a point cloud camera, measures their dimensions, computes their optimal placement, and communicates this placement to both a robot for physical placement and the graphical user interface for visualization. The physical system consists of two depth cameras connected to a Raspberry Pi, which handles segmentation, and a computer with a display that handles the bin packing algorithm and the user interface.