We’re excited to announce several key updates to the Perception Challenge for Bin-Picking aka the Bin-Picking Challenge (BPC)!

Phase 1 Submissions Open On February 14th!

Get ready to showcase your solutions! Phase 1 submissions will officially open on Friday, February 14th. Please follow the detailed submission instructions available on the challenge page. Make sure to clear caches in your browser to get the latest version of the pages.

As a reminder, the Bin-Picking Challenge is a code submission challenge. You will be submitting Docker containers structured according to the specifications in the official BPC repository.

Significantly Expanded Training Dataset!

We’ve released a 5x larger synthetic training dataset to empower your development! This expanded dataset includes the original training data. You can access the new training dataset on the IPD Hugging Face page.

Updates to the BPC Repository

We are continuously improving the BPC repository on GitHub. Please ensure you pull the latest version before preparing your submission to benefit from the most recent updates and fixes.

Introducing the New BPC CLI Tool

To streamline your workflow, we’ve developed the bpc CLI tool, which simplifies dataset downloads and submission testing. You can find detailed instructions showing how to use this new tool on GitHub.

Don’t forget to fill in your personal information! 

Many of you skipped the profile info when signing up, but please fill in the personal information on your profile page on the BPC website. This will help the competition go smoothly for everyone.

Thanks and Best of Luck!

We encourage you to take advantage of these updates and wish you the best of luck in Phase 1! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on the Slack channel.

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