Computer vision control of an intelligent forklift truck

Author

Garibotto, Giovanni ; Masciangelo, Stefano ; Bassino, Paolo ; Ilic, Marco

Author_Institution

Elsag Bailey TELEROBOT, Genova, Italy

fYear

1997

fDate

9-12 Nov 1997

Firstpage

589

Lastpage

594

Abstract

The paper describes an application of computer vision in the autonomous guidance of a traditional forklift truck, ROBOLIFT(TM), which is a product of Elsag Bailey Telerobot and FIAT OM. Computer vision represents the main sensory system for both navigation and load recognition. Artificial “H-shaped” landmarks placed along the truck path are used for the vehicle pose detection. Standard Europallets, supporting the loads to be transported, are recognized by the vision system in order to provide their estimated pose to the automatic fork control subsystem. The system is now tested in real industrial applications and preliminary results are reported

Keywords

automatic guided vehicles; materials handling; mobile robots; robot vision; ROBOLIFT; artificial H-shaped landmarks; autonomous guidance; computer vision control; intelligent forklift truck; load recognition; navigation; sensory system; standard Europallets; vehicle pose detection; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Automatic control; Computer vision; Intelligent control; Intelligent sensors; Machine vision; Navigation; Remotely operated vehicles; Vehicle detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation System, 1997. ITSC '97., IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4269-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.1997.660540

Filename

660540