Master of Science in Robotics

Pick and Place Baxter Demo

Documented by Jarvis Schultz

August 29th, 2014

Check out the demo

Requirements

  • OpenCV ROS package (cv2 and CvBridge)
  • Rethink Robotics Baxter robot
  • Properly configured workspace for Baxter robot

Overview

Use OpenCV to detect an object in Baxter's workspace and implement motion and graps planning to manipulate one of Baxter's arms to grasp the object.