Real-time mobile robot navigation is possible with off-the-shelf hardware

David J. Michael; Michael Bolotski

doi:10.1117/12.131516

1 November 1992 Real-time mobile robot navigation is possible with off-the-shelf hardware

David J. Michael, Michael Bolotski

Proceedings Volume 1825, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131516
Event: Applications in Optical Science and Engineering, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We describe a real-time vision contest that took place in January 1992 at the MIT AI lab. The task was high speed visual navigation along a 60 foot winding indoor course. The computational power available was a conventional Sun Sparcstation 1 with a Sun color framegrabber. The imaging device was a standard color Pulnix CCD camera with an auto iris 4.8 mm lens. The robot base was a commercial B12 mobile robot from Real World Interface. The winning entry completed the course in 1:07 minutes about three times faster than a human controlling the robot using the same video input. Approximately ten person days of work was required to program an entry that would complete the course.

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David J. Michael and Michael Bolotski "Real-time mobile robot navigation is possible with off-the-shelf hardware", Proc. SPIE 1825, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, (1 November 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131516

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