A study of autonomous mobile system in outdoor environment. 2. Sign guided autonomous transportation system

Author

Takiguchi, Jun-Ichi ; Iwama, Kiyoshi ; Sugie, Hiroshi ; Kato, Masanori ; Kiyonaga, Takayuki ; Hashizume, Takumi ; Inoue, Fumihiro ; Yoshino, Kyoji ; Omote, Yutaro

Author_Institution

Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

16-20 May 1998

Firstpage

2416

Abstract

This paper presents an autonomous mobile system in an outdoor environment especially applied to a construction site. The system consists of an autonomous vehicle and signs. The autonomous vehicle recognizes instructions given in the signs using a vision system, then it moves or handles materials according to the instruction. The system is adaptable to the changeable environment of the construction site because transportation paths can be easily changed by altering the contents or placement of the signs. Experimental results obtained in the outdoor environment show feasibility of the system

Keywords

construction industry; materials handling; mobile robots; robot vision; autonomous mobile system; autonomous vehicle; construction site; outdoor environment; sign guided autonomous transportation system; vision system; Building materials; Construction industry; Floors; Industrial electronics; Inspection; Machine vision; Mobile robots; Remotely operated vehicles; Robustness; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Leuven

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4300-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680702

Filename

680702