Initial Mass and Center of Mass estimation of objects from their point clouds

The current state of teleoperation in Tactile Internet faces the problem of limited operating distance. To circumvent this limitation, a setup has been proposed which provides Ultra-Low Latency feedback to the operator from a local simulation of the remote environment. To be able to accurately simulate the remote environment and the objects...

Estimating the mass of an object from its point cloud for Tactile Internet

A problem faced by Tactile Internet (TI) is the distance limitation. A possible solution is to create a simulation of the remote environment, such that the delay experienced by a human operator is reduced. However, to obtain a model of the remote environment, before the user interacts with it, we need to be able to estimate the physical...

Acquiring material properties of objects for tactile simulation through point cloud scans

Tactile internet enables communication in a new layer of immersion, touch. It has the potential to transform the landscape of digital communication. However, the achievable scale of tactile internet is severely limited by its 1 ms round-trip latency. We propose a workaround for the latency through tactile simulation, which can bypass the...

3D Point Cloud Completion from 2.5D Data

The tactile internet can be described as the next step of the internet. It can empower people, adding physical interactions to what normally is just an audiovisual experience.<br/>It however does need ultra-low latency. <br/>A solution to having delays can be found in environment simulation.<br/>This paper describes a way to find the correct...

Utilising Deep Learning Models for the Surface Registration Problem in HoloNav

Surface Registration is a registration problem that handles the registration of two similar surfaces. In most research that utilises Deep Learning (DL) models to handle surface registration two theories are investigated; the first being whether surfaces sampled from the same origin can be registered together, and the second theory being whether...

Performing patient alignment utilizing point-cloud surface registration techniques in HoloNav

In order to be able to use the Microsoft HoloLens for surgical navigation purposes, performing good patient alignment is of utmost importance. This paper will discuss how this patient alignment can be done using different point cloud registration algorithms.<br/>A lot of research is being conducted on point cloud registration algorithms. However...

Anonymization of 3D face models for GDPR compliant outsourcing to 3rd party companies

This study investigates whether an automatic anonymization algorithm that takes as input a 3D model of a human face can produce an output model exempt from General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) biometric data definition. The algorithm first uses Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) for registering the source point cloud globally to an oriented...

Generating a full 3D Model of The Windmill (Molen de Roos)

Merging interior and exterior laser scanning point clouds of the historical windmill, completing the missing parts from airborne laser scanning data and trying different mesh generation methods for full 3D windmill model generation in order to be able to perform virtual visits in the future.