Robot-Based Real-Time Motion Tracker

Matthew S. Clark

doi:10.1117/12.969973

1 March 1990 Robot-Based Real-Time Motion Tracker

Matthew S. Clark

Proceedings Volume 1198, Sensor Fusion II: Human and Machine Strategies; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.969973
Event: 1989 Symposium on Visual Communications, Image Processing, and Intelligent Robotics Systems, 1989, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a motion-tracking system that couples a vision system and a robot arm manipulator. The main issue is how to combine typical existing laboratory-type equipment while resolving problems of asynchronous communication between devices. A pyramid-based motion-detection scheme is used to find the distance-independent region of motion within a camera scene. This information is relayed to the the robot arm, which physically moves the camera and orients it towards the region of detected motion. A static look-and-move method is implemented, and a timing algorithm is designed to coordinate the real-time vision and robot systems.

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Matthew S. Clark "Robot-Based Real-Time Motion Tracker", Proc. SPIE 1198, Sensor Fusion II: Human and Machine Strategies, (1 March 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.969973

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