Bimanual Motion Primitives for Manipulating 3D Deformable Objects Having Biological Tissues on a Planar Surface With Passive End-Effectors

Manipulating deformable objects (DOs) that change shape during operations poses a challenge for robots due to the complexity of modelling and predicting the object’s state. This challenge is critical for the food industry, where collaborative robots will assist workers in processing and p...

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Main Authors: Hoang Pham, Pablo Malvido Fresnillo, Saigopal Vasudevan, Wael M. Mohammed, Jose L. Martinez Lastra
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Hoang Pham
Pablo Malvido Fresnillo
Saigopal Vasudevan
Wael M. Mohammed
Jose L. Martinez Lastra
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description Manipulating deformable objects (DOs) that change shape during operations poses a challenge for robots due to the complexity of modelling and predicting the object’s state. This challenge is critical for the food industry, where collaborative robots will assist workers in processing and packaging food products. Most meat products are three-dimensional DOs (3D-DOs) composed of biological tissues, which give them viscoelastic and anisotropic properties that make their behaviour highly unpredictable and challenging to model. To address this challenge and minimise food cross-contamination, dual-arm robots and non-actuated end-effectors, such as chopsticks, are used to provide more flexibility, especially when working with objects in confined spaces, and reduce tool actuation time. Our goal is to develop a methodology for manipulating predominant convex 3D-DOs composed of biological tissues on a planar surface, altering their position and orientation while minimising their deformations. To accomplish this, we propose bimanual motion primitives utilising a novel geometric approach. Effectiveness is measured by the Intersection-over-Union ratio and object centroid error metrics through 180 chicken-breast, 36 pork-loin-steak experiments, and 96 comparative experiments with heuristic methods for rigid objects.
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spelling doaj-art-06370820ebe94babaa014df1522fd5092025-08-20T03:16:56ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011311651911652810.1109/ACCESS.2025.358607911071709Bimanual Motion Primitives for Manipulating 3D Deformable Objects Having Biological Tissues on a Planar Surface With Passive End-EffectorsHoang Pham0https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7678-7737Pablo Malvido Fresnillo1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4579-1259Saigopal Vasudevan2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4180-7674Wael M. Mohammed3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8364-3348Jose L. Martinez Lastra4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6227-3408FAST-Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandFAST-Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandFAST-Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandFAST-Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandFAST-Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandManipulating deformable objects (DOs) that change shape during operations poses a challenge for robots due to the complexity of modelling and predicting the object’s state. This challenge is critical for the food industry, where collaborative robots will assist workers in processing and packaging food products. Most meat products are three-dimensional DOs (3D-DOs) composed of biological tissues, which give them viscoelastic and anisotropic properties that make their behaviour highly unpredictable and challenging to model. To address this challenge and minimise food cross-contamination, dual-arm robots and non-actuated end-effectors, such as chopsticks, are used to provide more flexibility, especially when working with objects in confined spaces, and reduce tool actuation time. Our goal is to develop a methodology for manipulating predominant convex 3D-DOs composed of biological tissues on a planar surface, altering their position and orientation while minimising their deformations. To accomplish this, we propose bimanual motion primitives utilising a novel geometric approach. Effectiveness is measured by the Intersection-over-Union ratio and object centroid error metrics through 180 chicken-breast, 36 pork-loin-steak experiments, and 96 comparative experiments with heuristic methods for rigid objects.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11071709/Bimanual manipulationmotion and path planningdeformable object
spellingShingle Hoang Pham
Pablo Malvido Fresnillo
Saigopal Vasudevan
Wael M. Mohammed
Jose L. Martinez Lastra
Bimanual Motion Primitives for Manipulating 3D Deformable Objects Having Biological Tissues on a Planar Surface With Passive End-Effectors
IEEE Access
Bimanual manipulation
motion and path planning
deformable object
title Bimanual Motion Primitives for Manipulating 3D Deformable Objects Having Biological Tissues on a Planar Surface With Passive End-Effectors
title_full Bimanual Motion Primitives for Manipulating 3D Deformable Objects Having Biological Tissues on a Planar Surface With Passive End-Effectors
title_fullStr Bimanual Motion Primitives for Manipulating 3D Deformable Objects Having Biological Tissues on a Planar Surface With Passive End-Effectors
title_full_unstemmed Bimanual Motion Primitives for Manipulating 3D Deformable Objects Having Biological Tissues on a Planar Surface With Passive End-Effectors
title_short Bimanual Motion Primitives for Manipulating 3D Deformable Objects Having Biological Tissues on a Planar Surface With Passive End-Effectors
title_sort bimanual motion primitives for manipulating 3d deformable objects having biological tissues on a planar surface with passive end effectors
topic Bimanual manipulation
motion and path planning
deformable object
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11071709/
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