Image recognition of reflective object for robotic manipulator suspended from ceiling

Author

Takahashi, Yoshihiko ; Kato, Kouji ; Takayama, Yuuki

Author_Institution

Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Atsugi

fYear

2007

fDate

17-20 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

476

Lastpage

479

Abstract

A robotic manipulator, suspended from a ceiling of a general house, with an easy operation human interface is proposed in this paper. A bedridden user can easily manipulate his/her belongings by using the robotic manipulator. The robotic manipulator used in our research does not require the installation area on a floor because it is installed under a ceiling of a house. Two linear motion actuators are fixed on a ceiling of a house, and the carriage is moved horizontally. The robotic hand is suspended from the carriage. Anew image recognition scheme using an active lighting scheme is investigated, and it has been confirmed that a reflective plastic plate was detected easily.

Keywords

handicapped aids; image recognition; manipulators; motion control; object detection; object recognition; active lighting; bedridden user; carriage horizontal motion; easy operation human interface; image recognition; linear motion actuator; object detection; reflective object; reflective plastic plate; robotic hand; robotic manipulator; Aging; Humans; Image recognition; Lighting; Manipulators; Optical reflection; Plastics; Robotics and automation; Robots; Switches; Robotic manipulator; active lighting; ceiling of house; human interface; image recognition; reflective object;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SICE, 2007 Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Takamatsu

Print_ISBN

978-4-907764-27-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-907764-27-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICE.2007.4421030

Filename

4421030