This work presents a new algorithm for determining the trajectory of a mobile robot and, simultaneously, creating a detailed volumetric 3D model of its workspace. The algorithm exclusively utilizes information provide...
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This work presents a new algorithm for determining the trajectory of a mobile robot and, simultaneously, creating a detailed volumetric 3D model of its workspace. The algorithm exclusively utilizes information provided by a single stereo vision system, avoiding thus the use both of more costly laser systems and error-prone odometry. Six-degrees-of-freedom egomotion is directly estimated from images acquired at relatively close positions along the robot's path. Thus, the algorithm can deal with both planar and uneven terrain in a natural way, without requiring extra processing stages or additional orientation sensors. The 3D model is based on an octree that encapsulates clouds of 3D points obtained through stereo vision, which are integrated after each egomotion stage. Every point has three spatial coordinates referred to a single frame, as well as true-color components. The spatial location of those points is continuously improved as new images are acquired and integrated into the model.
This paper proposes a new coordination algorithm for efficiently exploring an unknown environment with a team of mobile robots. The proposed technique subsequently applies a well-known unsupervised clustering algorith...
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This paper proposes a new coordination algorithm for efficiently exploring an unknown environment with a team of mobile robots. The proposed technique subsequently applies a well-known unsupervised clustering algorithm (k-means) in order to fairly divide the remaining unknown space into as many disjoint regions as available robots. Each robot is primarily responsible for exploring its assigned region and can help other robots on its way through. Unknown space is dynamically repartitioned as new areas are discovered by the team, balancing thus the overall workload among team members and naturally leading to greater dispersion over the environment and thus faster broad coverage than with previous greedy-like approaches, which guide robots based on maximum profit strategies that simply trade off between distance to the closest frontiers and amount of unknown cells likely to be discovered from them.
This work provides a general description of the multi sensor data fusion concept, along with a new classification of currently used sensor fusion techniques for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV). Unlike previous prop...
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This work provides a general description of the multi sensor data fusion concept, along with a new classification of currently used sensor fusion techniques for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV). Unlike previous proposals that focus the classification on the sensors involved in the fusion, we propose a synthetic approach that is focused on the techniques involved in the fusion and their applications in UUV navigation. We believe that our approach is better oriented towards the development of sensor fusion systems, since a sensor fusion architecture should be first of all focused on its goals and then on the fused sensors.
作者:
Heredia, G.Remuß, VolkerOllero, A.Mahtani, R.Musial, MarekRobotics
Computer Vision and Intelligent Control Group Dept. Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática University of Seville Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n Seville41092 Spain
Technical University of Berlin Einsteinufer 17 BerlinD-10587 Germany
This paper presents an actuator fault detection and diagnosis system for autonomous helicopters. The system has been tested with the MARVIN autonomous helicopter. Fault detection is accomplished by evaluating any sign...
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This paper proposes a parallel architecture for estimation of the motion of an underwater robot. It is well known that image processing requires a huge amount of computation, mainly at low-level processing where the a...
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This paper proposes a parallel architecture for estimation of the motion of an underwater robot. It is well known that image processing requires a huge amount of computation, mainly at low-level processing where the algorithms are dealing with a great number of data. In a motion estimation algorithm, correspondences between two images have to be solved at the low level. In the underwater imaging, normalised correlation can be a solution in the presence of non-uniform illumination. Due to its regular processing scheme, parallel implementation of the correspondence problem can be an adequate approach to reduce the computation time. Taking into consideration the complexity of the normalised correlation criteria, a new approach using parallel organisation of every processor from the architecture is proposed.
This paper presents an actuator fault detection and diagnosis system for autonomous helicopters. The system has been tested with the MARVIN autonomous helicopter. Fault detection is accomplished by evaluating any sign...
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This paper presents an actuator fault detection and diagnosis system for autonomous helicopters. The system has been tested with the MARVIN autonomous helicopter. Fault detection is accomplished by evaluating any significant change in the behaviour of the vehicle with respect to the fault-free behaviour, which is estimated by using an observer. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated by means of MARVIN experimental results and simulations.
Several key segmentation techniques integrating region information and boundary information were reviewed. A classification of cooperative segmentation techniques was proposed, and described several algorithms with th...
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(纸本)0120147629
Several key segmentation techniques integrating region information and boundary information were reviewed. A classification of cooperative segmentation techniques was proposed, and described several algorithms with the aim of pointing out their strengths and weaknesses. The intention of integrating complementary information from the image may follow, it seems that a considerable improvement in segmentation could result from the fusion of color, texture, and boundary information. A hybrid strategy between embedded and postprocessing may be a solution for some of the previously mentioned typical weak points. An embedded algorithm permits the adequate placement of the seeds in an optimal position, and a result with regions free of holes may be obtained. A posteriori fusion with boundary information could refine the segmentation, improving the resulting boundaries.
The general objective of EXOCET/D is to develop, implement and test specific instruments aimed at exploring, describing, quantifying and monitoring biodiversity in deep-sea fragmented habitats as well as at identifyin...
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Nowadays Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UlNs) are used in a growing number of underwater missions, mostly inspections of different types of installations such as: telecommunication cables, pipes or oil extraction insta...
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