Title :
An autonomous robot photographer
Author :
Byers, Zachary ; Dixon, Michael ; Goodier, Kevin ; Grimm, Cindy M. ; Smart, William D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
We describe a complete, end-to-end system for taking well-composed photographs using a mobile robot. The general scenario is a reception, or other event, where people are roaming around talking to each other. The robot serves as an "event photographer", roaming around the same space as the participants, periodically taking photographs. These images are then sent to a workstation where participants can print the photographs out, or email them.
Keywords :
man-machine systems; mobile robots; photography; robot vision; autonomous robot photographer; end-to-end system; event photographer; mobile robot; workstation; Computer science; Digital cameras; Firewire; Intelligent robots; Mobile robots; Navigation; Orbital robotics; Photography; Robot vision systems; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7860-1
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2003.1249268
