by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Nov 23, 2020 | CISE Research Infrastructure, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Karthik Ramani, News
Professor Karthik Ramani was interviewed by Kenneth Wong of Digital Engineering 24/7 regarding the recent release of the Mechanical Component Benchmark dataset. You can listen to Professor Ramani’s interview on Digital Engineering’s web site:...
by Sangpil Kim | Aug 28, 2020 | 2020, Future of Work, Hyunggun Chi, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Sangpil Kim
Abstract: We propose a conditional generative model, named Part Geometry Network (PG-Net), which synthesizes realistic objects and can be used as a robust feature descriptor for object reconstruction and classification. Surface and volumetric representations of...
by Sangpil Kim | Aug 7, 2020 | 2020, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Hyunggun Chi, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Sangpil Kim
Abstract: First-person-view videos of hands interacting with tools are widely used in the computer vision industry. However, creating a dataset with pixel-wise segmentation of hands is challenging since most videos are captured with fingertips occluded by the hand...
by Sangpil Kim | Jul 3, 2020 | 2020, CISE Research Infrastructure, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Hyunggun Chi, Karthik Ramani, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Sangpil Kim
We introduce a large-scale annotated mechanical components benchmark for classification and retrieval tasks named Mechanical Components Benchmark (MCB): a large-scale dataset of 3D objects of mechanical components. The dataset enables data-driven feature learning for...
by Terrell Glenn | Apr 9, 2020 | 2020, Ananya Ipsita, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Terrell Glenn
Makerspaces can support educational experiences in prototyping for children. Storytelling platforms enable high levels of creativity and expression, but have high barriers of entry. We introduce StoryMakAR, which combines making and storytelling. StoryMakAR is a new...
by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Mar 1, 2020 | 2020, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Karthik Ramani, Pawan Rao, Publications, Recent Publications, Xun Qian
Mobile robots and IoT (Internet of Things) devices can increase productivity, but only if they can be programmed by workers who understand the domain. This is especially true in manufacturing. Visual programming in the spatial context of the operating environment can...
