Title :
Recovery function for human following robot losing target
Author :
Ota, Masashi ; Hisahara, Hiroshi ; Ishii, Y. ; Ogitsu, T. ; Takemura, Hiroshi ; Mizoguchi, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents following continuation function for human following robot losing target at corner. To realize such function, the authors propose a human trajectory model of turning the corner. Using the proposed model, the robot can predict trajectory of the target human when he/she turns the corner and disappears from the robot´s view. To move on the target trajectory, the robot can rediscovery the target and continue to follow. In order to confirm effectiveness of the proposed function and the following robot using it, the authors conduct experiment. In the experiment, the robot can continue human following. Experimental result proves the effectiveness and supports our idea successfully.
Keywords :
mobile robots; object detection; robot vision; following continuation function; human following robot; human trajectory model; recovery function; target rediscovery; target trajectory prediction; Cameras; Equations; Mathematical model; Robot vision systems; Trajectory; following continuation; human tracking; stereo camera;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vienna
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2013.6699818