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Challenge

Build a Volumetric Inspection Coverage Planner

Parse optical bounding box dimensions from initial inspection logs to coordinate robotic multi-camera volumetric scans. Synthesize secondary camera poses with MoveIt to eliminate occlusion zones.

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Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Parse optical bounding box dimensions from initial inspection logs to coordinate robotic multi-camera volumetric scans. Synthesize secondary camera poses with MoveIt to eliminate occlusion zones.

Robotics Vision Engineer

Parse initial optical inspection defect coordinates and bounding volume from telemetry logs.

Calculate occlusion zones and coverage deficits based on cell geometry and robot arm reach limits.

Generate secondary camera pose waypoints to achieve complete volumetric inspection coverage.

Compile an automated inspection sequence trajectory for the robot controller to execute.

Terminal console outputting a trajectory plan and 3D coordinate visualizations for secondary camera sweeps.

Mock JSON test fixtures containing initial optical defect viewpoints, bounding box limits, and occlusion ratios. These are explicitly simplified synthetic app records, not complete official schema files. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.

MoveIt robotics Uses MoveIt kinematic reachability envelope principles from Source 1 to ensure secondary camera poses are valid within the robotic cell.

mastra-ai, pydantic, numpy. Mastra AI provides deterministic workflow state handling to orchestrate occlusion detection and secondary pose generation steps. Local model to categorize inspection states and evaluate spatial coverage heuristics.

Submit runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, a working interface, example outputs, and a recorded end-to-end demo. Include tests and an action log.

Calculates secondary poses correctly: if occlusion_ratio < 0.6, generates two offset poses by adding/subtracting 20 from x/y and adding 15 to z. Otherwise, requires manual inspection.

Fails safely when requested camera poses exceed normalized robotic cell reach maximums.

Outputs valid JSON with generated pose coordinates or manual inspection flags.

```json [ { "input": { "assembly_id": "WELD-01", "initial_view": { "x": 210, "y": 140, "z": 45 }, "occlusion_ratio": 0.4 }, "expected_output": { "assembly_id": "WELD-01", "action": "GENERATE_POSES", "new_poses": [ { "x": 230, "y": 120, "z": 60 }, { "x": 190, "y": 160, "z": 60 } ], "coverage_achieved": true } }, { "input": { "assembly_id": "WELD-02", "initial_view": { "x": 620, "y": 140, "z": 45 }, "occlusion_ratio": 0.8 }, "expected_output": { "assembly_id": "WELD-02", "action": "MANUAL_INSPECTION_REQUIRED", "new_poses": [], "coverage_achieved": false } } ] ```

Outputs are limited to recommended camera pose trajectories and require human confirmation before sending commands to actual robot controllers. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.

Rules

Participation guide

Outputs are limited to recommended camera pose trajectories and require human confirmation before sending commands to actual robot controllers. Use mock external writes and human review.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Calculates secondary poses correctly: if occlusion_ratio < 0.6, generates two offset poses by adding/subtracting 20 from x/y and adding 15 to z. Otherwise, requires manual inspection. Fails safely when requested camera poses exceed normalized robotic cell reach maximums. Outputs valid JSON with generated pose coordinates or manual inspection flags.

Submission format

Runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, working interface, example outputs, recorded demo, tests, and action logs.

Datasets

Challenge datasets

Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.

Evaluation rubric

How submissions are scored

These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.

Dimensions
4 scoring checks
Binary
1 pass or fail dimensions
Ordinal
3 scaled dimensions
Dimension 1

Complete workflow

Parse initial optical inspection defect coordinates and bounding volume from telemetry logs. Calculate occlusion zones and coverage deficits based on cell geometry and robot arm reach limits. Generate secondary camera pose waypoints to achieve complete volumetric inspection coverage. Compile an automated inspection sequence trajectory for the robot controller to execute.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 2

Correctness and evidence

Calculates secondary poses correctly: if occlusion_ratio < 0.6, generates two offset poses by adding/subtracting 20 from x/y and adding 15 to z. Otherwise, requires manual inspection. Fails safely when requested camera poses exceed normalized robotic cell reach maximums. Outputs valid JSON with generated pose coordinates or manual inspection flags.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 3

Review interface

Terminal console outputting a trajectory plan and 3D coordinate visualizations for secondary camera sweeps.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 4

Safe execution

Outputs are limited to recommended camera pose trajectories and require human confirmation before sending commands to actual robot controllers.

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Parse initial optical inspection defect coordinates and bounding volume from telemetry logs.

  • Calculate occlusion zones and coverage deficits based on cell geometry and robot arm reach limits.

  • Generate secondary camera pose waypoints to achieve complete volumetric inspection coverage.

  • Compile an automated inspection sequence trajectory for the robot controller to execute.

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Mock JSON test fixtures containing initial optical defect viewpoints, bounding box limits, and occlusion ratios. These are explicitly simplified synthetic app records, not complete official schema files. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.

Challenge setup

Configuration summary for this challenge.

Challenge input

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Mastra AI

TypeScript agent framework.

Evaluated output

No output checks are configured.

Evaluation checks
  • Parse initial optical inspection defect coordinates and bounding volume from telemetry logs. Calculate occl...
  • Calculates secondary poses correctly: if occlusion_ratio < 0.6, generates two offset poses by adding/subtra...
  • Terminal console outputting a trajectory plan and 3D coordinate visualizations for secondary camera sweeps.
Configured evaluation evidence
  • 2 public reference cases
Configured runtime
  • 2 configured tools

Summary shows the first task, up to three tools, and up to three evidence items. Open the technical recipe to view all configured items.

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Configured tools

Action Space
  • Mastra AI · Optional
Orchestration
  • Mastra AI · Optional

Evaluation contract

  • Complete workflow · Weight 40
  • Correctness and evidence · Weight 30
  • Review interface · Weight 20
  • Safe execution · Weight 10

Reference cases

  • 2 public reference cases

Workflow tasks

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