GFreeDet: Exploiting Gaussian Splatting and Foundation Models for Model-free Unseen Object Detection in the BOP Challenge 2024

Xingyu Liu

Yingyue Li

Chengxi Li

Gu Wang

Chenyangguang Zhang

Ziqin Huang

Xiangyang Ji

In this report, we provide the technical details of the submitted method GFreeDet, which exploits Gaussian splatting and vision Foundation models for the model-free unseen object Detection track in the BOP 2024 Challenge.

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