Title :
Development of an intelligent vehicle that can follow a walking human
Author :
Ito, Yosuke ; Kobayash, Kazuyuki ; Watanabe, Kajiro
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Eng., Hosei Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes the development of an intelligent vehicle that can follow a walking human. The proposed system combines a laser range finder and an omni-directional camera. The validity of the method was examined by experiments carried out in an outdoor environment.
Keywords :
image sensors; intelligent robots; laser ranging; mobile robots; robot vision; tracking; intelligent vehicle; laser range finder; omni-directional camera;
Conference_Titel :
SICE 2003 Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Fukui, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8352-4
