2023/10/20 by Jingyi Xiang, Xiang, Jingyi, Holly Dinkel +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage #Advanced Vision and Imaging #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Robotics (cs.RO) #Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.13245
openalex publication_date 2023/10/20 · openalex created_date 2023/10/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
MultiDLO is a real-time algorithm for estimating the shapes of multiple, intertwining deformable linear objects (DLOs) from RGB-D image sequences. Unlike prior methods that track only a single DLO, MultiDLO simultaneously handles several objects. It uses the geodesic distance in the Global-Local Topology Preservation algorithm to define both inter-object identity and intra-object topology, ensuring entangled DLOs remain distinct with accurate local geometry. The MultiDLO algorithm is demonstrated on two challenging scenarios involving three entangling ropes, and the implementation is open-source and available for the community.