Autonomous robot control with DSP and video camera using MATLAB State-Flow chart

Author

Lichtigstein, Aviv ; Or-El, Roy ; Nakhmani, Arie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel

fYear

2010

fDate

1-2 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

170

Lastpage

174

Abstract

This paper presents an embedded system for autonomous control of iRobot Create that consists of real time target tracking and robot navigation. Tracking and navigation algorithms were implemented using the TI DM6437 EVM board. The robot´s performance demonstrates that a visual tracking and navigation can be efficiently and robustly implemented, and TI DSP is suitable for running both algorithms simultaneously due to its low power consumption and high-speed performance. The proposed tools have a steep learning curve, and they can be used as a platform for the further development.

Keywords

flowcharting; learning systems; navigation; robot vision; target tracking; video cameras; video signal processing; MATLAB state-flow chart; TI DM6437 EVM board; TI DSP; autonomous robot control; embedded system; iRobot Create; learning curve; navigation algorithm; real time target tracking; robot navigation; video camera; visual tracking; Computer languages; Instruments; MATLAB; Navigation; Robot vision systems; Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Education and Research Conference (EDERC), 2010 4th European

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-0-9552047-4-6

Type

conf

Filename

6151430