Title :
A fusion of computer vision technique and a visual programming language for edutainment robots
Author :
Chulhee Yun ; Jaegon Ahn ; Yeon-Ho Kim
Author_Institution :
Dongbu Robot, South Korea
Abstract :
Edutainment robots combined with visual programming languages (VPLs) have lent a helping hand in learning programming easily and amusingly. If computer vision techniques can be added to edutainment robot systems, they will strongly support educational benefits. In this paper, we fused three basic computer vision algorithms - detection of brightness, motion and color - with a VPL for a commercial edutainment robot. We also implemented this technique into three exemplary applications - line tracer, motion game and color mark tracking - and confirmed their proper execution on robots.
Keywords :
brightness; computer aided instruction; computer games; computer science education; computer vision; educational robots; entertainment; human-robot interaction; humanoid robots; image colour analysis; image fusion; image motion analysis; mobile robots; visual languages; visual programming; VPL; brightness detection; color detection; color mark tracking; computer vision technique; edutainment robot systems; line tracer; motion detection; motion game; programming learning; visual programming language; Image color analysis; Navigation; Programming profession; Robot control; Switches; OpenCV; computer vision; robot; visual programming;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics (ISR), 2013 44th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
DOI :
10.1109/ISR.2013.6695728
