• DocumentCode
    2238457
  • Title

    A new localization system for autonomous robots

  • Author

    Hernández, Sergio ; Morales, Carlos A. ; Torres, Jesus M. ; Acosta, Leopoldo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Electron. & Syst., Univ. de La Laguna, Spain
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    14-19 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    1588
  • Abstract
    A low cost system for mobile robots indoor localization is presented. The system is composed of an emitter located on a wall and a receptor at the top of the robot. The emitter is a laser pointer acting like a beacon, and the receptor is a cylinder made by 32 independent photovoltaic cells. The robot´s position and orientation are obtained from the times of impact of the laser on each cell.
  • Keywords
    laser beam applications; mobile robots; optical tracking; position control; autonomous robots; beacon; emitter; indoor localization; laser impact; laser pointer; mobile robots; photovoltaic cells; receptor; robot orientation; robots position; Costs; Filtering; Kalman filters; Mobile robots; Navigation; Photodetectors; Photovoltaic cells; Physics; Position measurement; Robot sensing systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 2003. Proceedings. ICRA '03. IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7736-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241821
  • Filename
    1241821