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This paper describes the initial steps in the development of an object detection system for manipulation purposes, to be embedded in a mobile robot. The goal is to design a robotic system to aid workers in a manufacturing plant. The proposed implementation involves the integration of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based electronic module with the manipulator arm of the robotic platform. The...
A team of robots cooperating to quickly produce a map needs to share landmark information between members so that the local maps can be accurately merged. However, the appearance of landmarks as seen by members of the team can change dramatically due to the phenomenon of occlusion. We have previously presented an approach to landmark representation using Terrain Spatiograms an extension to image spatiograms...
Over the last five years, a number of powerful robotics controllers have become available. Only a small percentage of these are suitable for general use in robotics. In particular, they trivially interface with a large variety of sensors and effectors, have a well constructed software IDE that works with a standard programming language, are self contained and are easy to use. The CBC2 is a new robot...
Traditional color based machine vision systems rely on single-color, simple-outline models for object recognition. In controlled environments with carefully chosen lighting, this model is often reasonable. Mobile robots typically operate in environments where objects of interest are likely to appear as mixtures of colors and textures with complex outlines. To use color or multispectral imagery for...
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