Integrating obstacle avoidance, global path planning, visual cue detection, and landmark triangulation in a mobile robot

David Kortenkamp; Marcus J. Huber; Clare Bates Congdon; Scott B. Huffman; Clint R. Bidlack; Charles J. Cohen; Frank V. Koss; Ulrich Raschke; Terry E. Weymouth

doi:10.1117/12.143819

4 May 1993 Integrating obstacle avoidance, global path planning, visual cue detection, and landmark triangulation in a mobile robot

David Kortenkamp, Marcus J. Huber, Clare Bates Congdon, Scott B. Huffman, Clint R. Bidlack, Charles J. Cohen, Frank V. Koss, Ulrich Raschke, Terry E. Weymouth

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Proceedings Volume 1831, Mobile Robots VII; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.143819
Event: Applications in Optical Science and Engineering, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the design and implementation of an integrated system for combining obstacle avoidance, path planning, landmark detection and position triangulation. Such an integrated system allows the robot to move from place to place in an environment, avoiding obstacles and planning its way out of traps, while maintaining its position and orientation using distinctive landmarks. The task the robot performs is to search a 22 m X 22 m arena for 10 distinctive objects, visiting each object in turn. This same task was recently performed by a dozen different robots at a competition in which the robot described in this paper finished first.

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David Kortenkamp, Marcus J. Huber, Clare Bates Congdon, Scott B. Huffman, Clint R. Bidlack, Charles J. Cohen, Frank V. Koss, Ulrich Raschke, and Terry E. Weymouth "Integrating obstacle avoidance, global path planning, visual cue detection, and landmark triangulation in a mobile robot", Proc. SPIE 1831, Mobile Robots VII, (4 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.143819

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