Exploring 6D Object Pose Estimation with Deformation
This work addresses the limitation of existing 6D object pose estimation methods, which typically assume objects are rigid or articulated and thus struggle with real-world deformations caused by wear, impact, or other factors. To bridge this gap, we introduce DeSOPE, the first large-scale dataset specifically designed for deformable object pose estimation, encompassing high-fidelity 3D models of 26 common object categories under standard and three realistic deformation states, along with 133,000 RGB-D frames. Leveraging a semi-automatic pipeline that integrates 2D instance segmentation, initial pose estimation, object-level SLAM refinement, and manual verification, we provide 665,000 high-accuracy pose annotations. Experiments demonstrate a significant performance drop in current methods as deformation intensifies, underscoring DeSOPE’s critical role as the first benchmark for evaluating 6D pose estimation under realistic object deformations.