Sim-to-Real Domain Adaptation for Deformation Classification
This work addresses the problem of limited real-world data for deformation detection in materials, which is crucial for safety monitoring, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing sim-to-real methods.
The paper tackles the challenge of automating deformation detection in materials by introducing a framework for generating synthetic data of deformed objects and using an adapter network for sim-to-real domain adaptation, demonstrating improved classification results compared to simulation baselines.
Deformation detection is vital for enabling accurate assessment and prediction of structural changes in materials, ensuring timely and effective interventions to maintain safety and integrity. Automating deformation detection through computer vision is crucial for efficient monitoring, but it faces significant challenges in creating a comprehensive dataset of both deformed and non-deformed objects, which can be difficult to obtain in many scenarios. In this paper, we introduce a novel framework for generating controlled synthetic data that simulates deformed objects. This approach allows for the realistic modeling of object deformations under various conditions. Our framework integrates an intelligent adapter network that facilitates sim-to-real domain adaptation, enhancing classification results without requiring real data from deformed objects. We conduct experiments on domain adaptation and classification tasks and demonstrate that our framework improves sim-to-real classification results compared to simulation baseline.