Task recognition system

The task recognition system is responsible for accepting sensory data, interpreting them, and producing descriptions of the task performed by the human operator.

In our system, the task recognition module first segments the task sequence into its constitutent phases, namely the pregrasp, grasp, and manipulation phases. This task segmentation procedure uses human hand motion profiles to divide the entire task sequence into separate parts for individual analysis.

Subsequently, this module analyzes the grasp frame to recognize the human grasp. Grasp recognition is done using the grasp taxonomy that we have developed; this taxonomy is based on a 3D graphical hand-object representation which we call the contact web. We augment the grasp taxonomy with higher-level grasp abstraction concepts such as the virtual finger and opposition space.
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