TY - GEN
T1 - Real-time navigation for a humanoid robot using particle filter
AU - Baltes, Jacky
AU - Cheng, Chi Tai
AU - Lau, Meng Cheng
AU - Espínola, Andrés
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper presents a practical real-time visual navigation system, including a vision system, a particle filter (PF) based localization system, and a path planning system, for humanoid robots in an indoor environment. A neural network (NN) converter system is used to solve the image distortion problem. The monocular vision system detects objects of interest in the scene, calculating their position in the image, and converting the position in the image to real world coordinates. The PF localization system estimates the current position by the robot's motion model and corrects the estimated position by using feedback from the data gathered by the vision system. The path planning system determines the next motion based on the result of the localization system. This paper uses a tree-like path planning method which not only guides the robot to the destination but also avoids obstacles at the same time. The navigation method allows a user to assign several different target destinations to the robot simultaneously. The proposed method is implemented on a humanoid robot "ROBOTIS DARwIn-OP", an open platform humanoid robot. The effectiveness of the system is demonstrated in an empirical evaluation.
AB - This paper presents a practical real-time visual navigation system, including a vision system, a particle filter (PF) based localization system, and a path planning system, for humanoid robots in an indoor environment. A neural network (NN) converter system is used to solve the image distortion problem. The monocular vision system detects objects of interest in the scene, calculating their position in the image, and converting the position in the image to real world coordinates. The PF localization system estimates the current position by the robot's motion model and corrects the estimated position by using feedback from the data gathered by the vision system. The path planning system determines the next motion based on the result of the localization system. This paper uses a tree-like path planning method which not only guides the robot to the destination but also avoids obstacles at the same time. The navigation method allows a user to assign several different target destinations to the robot simultaneously. The proposed method is implemented on a humanoid robot "ROBOTIS DARwIn-OP", an open platform humanoid robot. The effectiveness of the system is demonstrated in an empirical evaluation.
KW - Humanoid robot
KW - Navigation
KW - Particle filter
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.284-287.1914
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.284-287.1914
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84873906511
SN - 9783037856123
T3 - Applied Mechanics and Materials
SP - 1914
EP - 1918
BT - Innovation for Applied Science and Technology
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Technology Innovation 2012, ICETI 2012
Y2 - 2 November 2012 through 6 November 2012
ER -