Title :
An intelligent service robot using purposive vision
Author :
Ren, Xiao Ou ; Gruver, William A. ; Li, Ze-Nian
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada
Abstract :
An intelligent robot system is described. The system consists of a Nomad 200 mobile robot having a ring of 16 ultrasonic sensors, and a pan-tilt mechanism with a CCD camera mounted on the top. Navigation is based on landmark tracing using active and purposive vision. The proposed technique significantly reduces the processing time and increases system efficiency. The body movements and head movements are guided by the coordination of sonar readings and camera image inputs
Keywords :
Hough transforms; active vision; feature extraction; intelligent control; mobile robots; navigation; robot vision; sonar tracking; CCD camera; Hough transform; Nomad 200 mobile robot; active vision; body movements; feature extraction; head movements; intelligent service robot; landmark tracing; purposive vision; sonar; ultrasonic sensors; Cameras; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Mobile robots; Robot vision systems; Sensor systems; Service robots; Sonar navigation;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1995. Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2559-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1995.538360
