MotionDLO: Hybrid Event- and Frame-Based Tracking of Deformable Linear Objects

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.22398v1
• Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:53:13 GMT
• Title: MotionDLO: Hybrid Event- and Frame-Based Tracking of Deformable Linear Objects
• Abstract summary: We introduce MotionDLO, a real-time tracking framework specifically designed to overcome limitations in temporal continuity and latency.<n>The method exploits the high temporal resolution and sparsity of event-based cameras and combines segmentation with the Coherent Point Drift (CPD) algorithm.<n>We demonstrate that the proposed framework reliably associates DLO instances across video sequences, enabling robust perception for robotic manipulation tasks.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Reliably tracking moving deformable linear objects (DLOs) while simultaneously ensuring robustness, accuracy, and temporally consistent state estimation remains a fundamental challenge in robot perception. We introduce MotionDLO, a real-time tracking framework specifically designed to overcome these limitations in temporal continuity and latency. The method exploits the high temporal resolution and sparsity of event-based cameras and combines segmentation with the Coherent Point Drift (CPD) algorithm under the principles of Motion Coherence Theory. This integration enables temporally consistent shape estimation while maintaining a low computational overhead. Existing event-based tracking methods are typically computationally efficient but exhibit reduced accuracy compared to frame-based approaches, or alternatively compromise event sparsity to achieve competitive performance. To resolve this trade-off, we propose a hybrid event- and frame-based tracking architecture that preserves the complementary strengths of both sensing modalities. The event stream ensures high-frequency motion updates, while frame-based information stabilizes spatial accuracy and object identity. We demonstrate that the proposed framework reliably associates DLO instances across video sequences, enabling robust perception for robotic manipulation tasks. Experimental results validate real-time performance at 12 ms update rates and accurate shape tracking with an point-to-curve error as measurement of accuracy of up to 0.43 mm, supporting dynamic path adaptation during manipulation. The source code and demonstration datasets are publicly available.

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