Title: Environment perception for a mobile robot using double ultrasonic sensors and a CCD camera
Authors: Song, KT
Tang, WH
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電控工程研究所
National Chiao Tung University
Institute of Electrical and Control Engineering
Issue Date: 1-Jun-1996
Abstract: To move efficiently in an unknown or uncertain environment, a mobile robot must use observations taken by various sensors to construct information for path planning and execution, A reasonably accurate representation of the external world would also be very useful for robot self-localization. One of the merits of applying multiple sensors to a mobile robot is the enhancement of environment recognition. In this paper, we propose to use sensory information combined from double ultrasonic sensors and a CCD camera. We developed an algorithm based on a dual-transducer design to eliminate errors resulting from the beam opening angle of ultrasonic sensors. An extended discrete Kalman filter (EDKF) was designed to fuse raw sensory data and to reduce the influence of specular reflection of ultrasonic type transducers, thereby providing a more reliable representation for enviroment perception. Computer simulation as well as practical experimental results demonstrate that this sensory system can provide useful and comprehensiv,.e environment perception for intelligent robotics.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/41.499809
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/1246
ISSN: 0278-0046
DOI: 10.1109/41.499809
Journal: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
Volume: 43
Issue: 3
Begin Page: 372
End Page: 379
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