Title :
Physical agent for human following in intelligent sensor network
Author :
Morioka, Kazuyuki ; Ho Lee, Joo ; Hashimoto, Hideki
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Ind. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Intelligent Space is a space where many sensors and intelligent devices are distributed. Mobile robots exist in this space as physical agents, which provide human with services. To realize this, human and mobile robots have to approach each other as much as possible. Moreover, it is necessary for them to perform interactions naturally. It is desirable for a mobile robot to carry out human-affinitive movement. In this research, a mobile robot is controlled by the Intelligent Space through its resources. The mobile robot is controlled to follow a walking human as stably and precisely as possible.
Keywords :
computer vision; intelligent control; interactive systems; mobile robots; motion estimation; position control; target tracking; CCD camera; ISpace; Intelligent Space; distributed intelligent network device; human following; image recognition; intelligent sensor network; interactive system; mobile robots; position estimation; target tracking; Humans; Intelligent networks; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Legged locomotion; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2002. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7398-7
DOI :
10.1109/IRDS.2002.1043911