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The automated surface defect detection is a fundamental task in industrial production, and the existing saliencybased works overcome the challenging scenes and give promising detection results. However, the cutting-edge efforts often suffer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Kunye Shen , Xiaofei Zhou , Zhi Liu

SVEMnet is an R package for fitting Self-Validated Ensemble Models (SVEM) with elastic-net base learners and performing multi-response optimization in small-sample mixture-process design-of-experiments (DOE) studies with numeric,…

Computation · Statistics 2026-03-10 Andrew T. Karl

Automating the assembly of objects from their parts is a complex problem with innumerable applications in manufacturing, maintenance, and recycling. Unlike existing research, which is limited to target segmentation, pose regression, or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Xinghao Zhu , Devesh K. Jha , Diego Romeres , Lingfeng Sun , Masayoshi Tomizuka , Anoop Cherian

In High-definition (HD) maps, lane elements constitute the majority of components and demand stringent localization requirements to ensure safe vehicle navigation. Vision lane detection with LiDAR position assignment is a prevalent method…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Haiyang Peng , Yi Zhan , Benkang Wang , Hongtao Zhang

With the rapid development of deep learning, the increasing complexity and scale of parameters make training a new model increasingly resource-intensive. In this paper, we start from the classic convolutional neural network (CNN) and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Jiacong Hu , Jing Gao , Jingwen Ye , Yang Gao , Xingen Wang , Zunlei Feng , Mingli Song

Structural understanding of complex visual objects is an important unsolved component of artificial intelligence. To study this, we develop a new technique for the recently proposed Break-and-Make problem in LTRON where an agent must learn…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Aaron Walsman , Muru Zhang , Adam Fishman , Ali Farhadi , Dieter Fox

Depth completion is a crucial task in autonomous driving, aiming to convert a sparse depth map into a dense depth prediction. Due to its potentially rich semantic information, RGB image is commonly fused to enhance the completion effect.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Moyun Liu , Bing Chen , Youping Chen , Jingming Xie , Lei Yao , Yang Zhang , Joey Tianyi Zhou

Assembly sequence planning (ASP) is the essential process for modern manufacturing, proven to be NP-complete thus its effective and efficient solution has been a challenge for researchers in the field. In this paper, we present a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Lin Ma , Jiangtao Gong , Hao Xu , Hao Chen , Hao Zhao , Wenbing Huang , Guyue Zhou

Robust task-oriented grasp planning is vital for autonomous robotic precision assembly tasks. Knowledge of the objects' geometry and preconditions of the target task should be incorporated when determining the proper grasp to execute.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Jialiang Zhao , Daniel Troniak , Oliver Kroemer

Imagine a robot that can assemble a functional product from the individual parts presented in any configuration to the robot. Designing such a robotic system is a complex problem which presents several open challenges. To bypass these…

In this work, motivated by recent manufacturing trends, we investigate autonomous robotic assembly. Industrial assembly tasks require contact-rich manipulation skills, which are challenging to acquire using classical control and motion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-07-26 Garrett Thomas , Melissa Chien , Aviv Tamar , Juan Aparicio Ojea , Pieter Abbeel

Purpose: The localisation and segmentation of individual bones is an important preprocessing step in many planning and navigation applications. It is, however, a time-consuming and repetitive task if done manually. This is true not only for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-22 Eva Schnider , Antal Huck , Mireille Toranelli , Georg Rauter , Azhar Zam , Magdalena Müller-Gerbl , Philippe Cattin

We introduce a method to automatically compute LEGO Technic models from user input sketches, optionally with motion annotations. The generated models resemble the input sketches with coherently-connected bricks and simple layouts, while…

Graphics · Computer Science 2020-07-08 Hao Xu , Ka-Hei Hui , Chi-Wing Fu , Hao Zhang

The photographs captured by digital cameras usually suffer from over or under exposure problems. For image exposure enhancement, the tasks of Single-Exposure Correction (SEC) and Multi-Exposure Fusion (MEF) are widely studied in the image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-08 Jin Liang , Yuchen Yang , Anran Zhang , Jun Xu , Hui Li , Xiantong Zhen

Manual segmentation is labor-intensive, and automatic segmentation remains challenging due to the inherent variability in meniscal morphology, partial volume effects, and low contrast between the meniscus and surrounding tissues. To address…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Siyue Li , Yongcheng Yao , Junru Zhong , Shutian Zhao , Fan Xiao , Tim-Yun Michael Ong , Ki-Wai Kevin Ho , James F. Griffith , Yudong Zhang , Shuihua Wang , Jin Hong , Weitian Chen

Many safety-critical applications, especially in autonomous driving, require reliable object detectors. They can be very effectively assisted by a method to search for and identify potential failures and systematic errors before these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Valentyn Boreiko , Matthias Hein , Jan Hendrik Metzen

Recall one time when we were in an unfamiliar mall. We might mistakenly think that there exists or does not exist a piece of glass in front of us. Such mistakes will remind us to walk more safely and freely at the same or a similar place…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-24 Chengyu Zheng , Peng Li , Xiao-Ping Zhang , Xuequan Lu , Mingqiang Wei

In this review, automatic defect inspection algorithms that analyze Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images for Semiconductor Manufacturing (SM) are identified, categorized, and discussed. This is a topic of critical importance for the SM…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-02 Enrique Dehaerne , Bappaditya Dey , Victor Blanco , Jesse Davis

Detecting subtle defects in window frames, including dents and scratches, is vital for upholding product integrity and sustaining a positive brand perception. Conventional machine vision systems often struggle to identify these defects in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-14 Jorge Vasquez , Hemant K. Sharma , Tomotake Furuhata , Kenji Shimada

Few-Shot Medical Image Segmentation (FSMIS) aims to segment novel classes of medical objects using only a few labeled images. Prototype-based methods have made significant progress in addressing FSMIS. However, they typically generate a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Chao Fan , Xibin Jia , Anqi Xiao , Hongyuan Yu , Zhenghan Yang , Dawei Yang , Hui Xu , Yan Huang , Liang Wang