Title :
An autonomous eye robot for tele-watching
Author :
Kobayashi, Hisato ; Une, Takanao ; Takashi, S. ; Mikurita, K. ; Ohya, Akira ; Yanagawa, Mikazu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hosei Univ., Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes an autonomous eye robot which autonomously acquires appropriate visual informations of an indicated target. By using this robot, the watcher can have appropriate images of the target without adjusting the camera position. The authors show the hardware structure and the basic motion strategy of the robot
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; cameras; mobile robots; robot vision; telerobotics; autonomous eye robot; basic motion strategy; hardware structure; tele-watching; visual information; Cameras; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Communication system control; Hardware; Intelligent robots; Mobile robots; Monitoring; Rails; Robot vision systems;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Communication, 1994. RO-MAN '94 Nagoya, Proceedings., 3rd IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2002-6
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.1994.365909
