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industrial design engineers

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New method fills missing glass regions in train nose scans

A Three-Dimensional Reverse-Projection Method for Sparse Point Cloud Completion and Its Application to High-Speed Train Nose Reconstruction

Abstract: Holes in LiDAR scans of environments with glass windows remain an unresolved problem in three-dimensional reconstruction. This study presents a pipeline for point cloud acquisition, filtering, completion, and surface reconstruction to address sparse sampling and missing window regions in scans of a high-speed train nose. FAST-LIVO2 provides the initial point cloud through multisensor odometry and mapping, and moving least squares (MLS) smooths the observations. We then introduce three-axis projection-based subdivision and interpolation with reverse hole boundary identification, referred to as three-axis reverse completion. The method interpolates missing regions from observations around each hole. Greedy projection triangulation, Poisson surface reconstruction, and a Marching Cubes-based pipeline generate meshes from the completed point cloud. Experiments on a proportionally scaled display model of a high-speed train nose show that the proposed method fills missing point cloud regions around the glass windows. Under the evaluation setting used in this study, greedy projection triangulation yields lower geometric distance errors than the other two reconstruction pipelines. The pipeline supports non-contact digital modeling of train nose geometry and provides a practical approach to reconstructing objects with glass windows.

Mon 5 OctComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition
The gist
Glass windows cause gaps in 3D scans because LiDAR sensors struggle to capture them. The authors created a process that smooths and fills in these missing points by projecting the cloud onto three axes and interpolating around holes. They tested this on a scaled model of a high-speed train nose and showed their method better completes missing window regions for accurate 3D models. The process helps create detailed, contactless digital replicas of objects with glass surfaces.
Open → 2610.05758v1

GeoNest improves packing efficiency for irregular shapes in circular containers

GeoNest: Learning to Select Failure-Aware Neighborhoods for the Irregular Knapsack Problem in a Circular Container

Abstract: The two-dimensional irregular knapsack problem in a fixed circular container is an important combinatorial optimization problem for maximizing material utilization in manufacturing. Conventional geometric packing solvers can produce tightly packed layouts, yet they often partition the residual space into isolated small pockets that cannot fit valuable unplaced polygons. To overcome this late-stage packing bottleneck, we propose a failure-aware large neighborhood search framework named GeoNest, driven by a graph policy trained via reinforcement learning. Specifically, we first construct neighborhoods by pairing failed target polygons with residual pockets. We then use explanatory poses to identify the placed polygons that block candidate insertions. These diagnosed blocking relations define bounded, fixed-item repair subproblems for the underlying geometric solver. Finally, the graph policy selects the most promising subproblem for execution. For evaluation, we introduce CircleNest-Bench, a benchmark comprising 2,391 load-controlled instances from four contour sources, including a held-out industrial CAD source. Experimental results demonstrate that, under the same total time budget, GeoNest improves mean utilization over a state-of-the-art standalone packing solver by about 0.9% on average across the three main test sets and by about 0.6% on the held-out industrial set.

Wed 30 SeptMachine LearningArtificial Intelligence
The gist
Packing oddly shaped objects into a round container is a tricky problem because leftover spaces often become too small for remaining pieces. The authors propose GeoNest, a new method that learns to focus on tricky problem areas by pairing leftover shapes with leftover spaces that caused prior packing failures. GeoNest then figures out which placed pieces block new placements and chooses the best areas to fix with a geometric solver. Their tests show that GeoNest packs shapes more efficiently than existing methods, including on real industrial designs.
Open → 2609.38863v1