LearningtoOrientSurfaces bySelf-supervisedSphericalCNNs

This task is commonly addressed by handcrafted algorithms exploiting geometric cues deemed as distinctive and robust by the designer. Yet, one might conjecture that humans learn the notion oftheinherent orientation of3Dobjectsfromexperience andthatmachines may do so alike. In this work, we show the feasibility of learning a robust canonical orientation for surfaces represented as point clouds.