# GRASP-003: Real-Time Grasp Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks

> Generated from a local paper card. Do not edit this page directly; edit the source card and rerun `vp run docs:generate`.

> Internal wiki boundary: paper-card evidence and user-provided PDF downloads are available for private reading. Extracted full-paper text is not published.

> Source: `library/paper_cards/GRASP-003.md`

## Paper Access

* Internal PDF: <a href={"/papers/GRASP-003.pdf"} download style={{ display: "inline-flex", alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center", minHeight: "2.25rem", padding: "0.45rem 0.8rem", borderRadius: "6px", backgroundColor: "#047857", color: "#ffffff", fontWeight: 700, lineHeight: 1, textDecoration: "none", boxShadow: "0 1px 2px rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.22)" }}>Download Paper</a>
* DOI / official page: [10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139361](https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139361)
* Deployment boundary: these PDF links are intended only for a private/protected internal wiki.

## GRASP-003: Real-Time Grasp Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks

## Metadata

* ID: GRASP-003
* Title: Real-Time Grasp Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks
* Year: 2015
* DOI / URL: 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139361
* Local PDF: see Paper Access section above
* Text artifact: local-only path withheld from docs site
* Review status: `extracted`

## Study Type

* Track: Robot Grasping
* Task: RGB-D grasp rectangle detection with convolutional neural networks
* Participants or dataset: Cornell Grasping Dataset with RGB-D object images and labeled grasps
* Hardware: GPU evaluation; robot execution is not the main experimental focus
* Channels or sensors: RGB-D images; grasp represented as oriented rectangles

## Methods

* Paradigm: predict a five-dimensional grasp rectangle from an RGB-D image
* Signal processing or model: single-stage CNN regression to grasp coordinates; regression plus classification; locally constrained MultiGrasp prediction for multiple grasp candidates
* Training/calibration: trained on Cornell grasp labels with ImageNet pretraining; image-wise and object-wise evaluation splits
* Online/offline: offline dataset evaluation of real-time grasp detection speed and accuracy

## Results

* Metrics: rectangle grasp-detection accuracy, processing rate, object classification accuracy
* Main findings: direct regression achieved about 85% accuracy; MultiGrasp achieved 88% grasp detection accuracy at 13 frames per second; combined regression/classification predicted seen object categories 90% of the time and novel object categories 61.5% of the time
* Reported limitations: multiple-grasp prediction lacked a suitable quantitative dataset metric; the method assumes RGB-D grasp detection and does not validate full robot execution, calibration, or BCI integration

## Relevance To This Project

* Supports: the boundary between object detection and grasp-rectangle prediction, and the need for a separate grasp-pose module after YOLO candidate selection
* Conflicts with: does not use EEG, SSVEP, MI, shared autonomy, or physical hand-eye validation
* Design implication: SAH-BRI-Grasp should not execute YOLO boxes directly; candidate objects need a grasp-pose estimator and robot feasibility checks

## Extracted Evidence

| Claim | Status | Evidence Note | Page/Section |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grasp detection can be formulated as predicting an oriented grasp rectangle from RGB-D input. | verified | The paper defines a five-dimensional grasp representation with position, orientation, height, and width. | Problem Description |
| CNN-based grasp detection can run in real time on the reported setup. | verified | The abstract and results report 13 frames per second. | Abstract; Results |
| MultiGrasp improved Cornell grasp detection performance in this paper. | verified | Results report 88% grasp detection accuracy and state-of-the-art performance at the time. | Results; Conclusion |
| Grasp detection and object classification can be combined in one CNN pipeline. | verified | The regression plus classification model predicted object categories while maintaining grasp detection accuracy. | Results |
| SAH-BRI-Grasp needs a grasp-pose module separate from YOLO object detection. | inferred | This follows from the paper's grasp-rectangle prediction task, but the paper does not evaluate SAH-BRI-Grasp. | Problem Description; Results |

## Open Questions

* Will the project use geometric, GG-CNN-like, Dex-Net-like, or another grasp-pose method?
* What RGB-D camera and calibration quality are required for executing predicted grasp rectangles?
* How should failed grasp-pose predictions be logged separately from BCI selection errors?
