Component Testing

Perception Subsystem Testing

PepperDistance Error (cm)
Pepper 12.3
Pepper 22.9
Pepper 32.98
Pepper 41.7
Quantitative Evaluation of Fine Pose Estimation

Pepper Segmentation Results with YOLOv8 instance segmentation model

Peduncle Segmentation Results with YOLOv8 instance segmentation model

MetricPepperPeduncle
mAP@5092.5%92.6%
Precision94.1%96.26%
Recall86.0%85.75%
Quantitative Evaluation of Segmentation Models

Planning Subsystem Testing

Dual Arm Simulation Testing

No.ResultSimulated Pose (xyz, roll pitch yaw)Notes
1.[0.28, -0.46, 0.53, 0.26, -0.26, 0.0] Success
2[0.45, -0.63, 0.48, 0.38, 0.43, 0.0] Success
3⚠️[0.3, -0.5, 0.57, -0.46, 0.37, 0.0] Success, but cutter had risky pathing
4[0.34, -0.56, 0.57, 0.13, 0.18, 0.0] Success
5[0.31, -0.46, 0.46, -0.01, 0.46, 0.0] Success
6[0.27, -0.46, 0.49, -0.04, -0.3, 0.0] Success
7[0.27, -0.63, 0.49, -0.33, 0.27, 0.0] Success
8[0.25, -0.54, 0.45, -0.27, -0.27, 0.0] Success
9[0.26, -0.59, 0.45, 0.02, -0.49, 0.0] Success
10[0.4, -0.56, 0.45, -0.03, 0.48, 0.0] Success
Results of Validation Runs in Simulation

Overall SVD Testing

Sl No.OutcomeNotes
1. 
2Planning – Failed to find valid grasp plan
3 
4 
5Perception – Fine Pose estimate incorrect
6 
7 
8Planning – Incorrect Grasp Planning
9Misc – Grasp Failure due to plastic leaves
10Perception – False Positive Segmentation
Results of Validation Runs with Hardware Setup

Functional RequirementIDPerformance RequirementDesiredActual
Identify, Localize and Prioritize Green PeppersPR.01Detect fully visible Peppers > 70% of the time70 %86 %
PR.02Produce estimate pose of green pepper and peduncle within 3 cm of ground truth depth and within 2 cm of other coordinates and upto 30 degrees in each rotation axis3 cm2.4 cm
Harvest Green PepperPR.04Reach target green peppers > 70% of the time70 %100 % (Sim)80 % (Real)
Minimize Green Pepper DamagePR.08Avoids deformation and damage to 90% of picked green peppers90 %95 %
Overall SuccessPR.09Avoid visible damage to harvested green pepper > 90% of the time90 %100 %
PR.10Harvest a fully visible green pepper in testbed autonomously within 100 seconds100 s68 s (1-Arm)73 s (2-Arm)
Quantitative Metrics of SVD Results