Abstract
This paper describes a method for a mobile robot walkway following behavior based on color image segmentation. The authors aim at accomplishing outdoor navigation in the campus walkway environment by mobile robot on which a normal Personal Computer is equipped for image processing and motion control. Although Thorpe et al. proposed a method for a road following based on color image segmentation, their approach is not suitable for such a PC computational power. The authors referred to this framework, and adapted and modified the Thorpe's approach to decrease the computational load, The authors implemented the adapted method onto a real mobile robot, and accomplished walkway following experiments under various daylight conditions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1380-1387 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Nippon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Color Image Segmentation
- Image Processing
- Moving Robot
- Personal Computer
- Recognition
- Walkway Following
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering