Overview
- Presents theory and development of autonomous navigation of mobile robots using computer vision based sensing mechanism
- Comprehensive concepts of cutting-edge map-based, map-building-based and mapless robot navigation algorithms employing vision sensors
- Includes several real-life implementations of new vision based robot navigation algorithms and their successful applications
Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI, volume 455)
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This monograph is devoted to the theory and development of autonomous navigation of mobile robots using computer vision based sensing mechanism. The conventional robot navigation systems, utilizing traditional sensors like ultrasonic, IR, GPS, laser sensors etc., suffer several drawbacks related to either the physical limitations of the sensor or incur high cost. Vision sensing has emerged as a popular alternative where cameras can be used to reduce the overall cost, maintaining high degree of intelligence, flexibility and robustness.
This book includes a detailed description of several new approaches for real life vision based autonomous navigation algorithms and SLAM. It presents the concept of how subgoal based goal-driven navigation can be carried out using vision sensing. The development concept of vision based robots for path/line tracking using fuzzy logic is presented, as well as how a low-cost robot can be indigenously developed in the laboratory with microcontroller based sensor systems. The book describes successful implementation of integration of low-cost, external peripherals, with off-the-shelf procured robots. An important highlight of the book is that it presents a detailed, step-by-step sample demonstration of how vision-based navigation modules can be actually implemented in real life, under 32-bit Windows environment. The book also discusses the concept of implementing vision based SLAM employing a two camera based system.
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Book Title: Vision Based Autonomous Robot Navigation
Book Subtitle: Algorithms and Implementations
Authors: Amitava Chatterjee, Anjan Rakshit, N. Nirmal Singh
Series Title: Studies in Computational Intelligence
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33965-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-33964-6Published: 13 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42670-4Published: 09 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-33965-3Published: 13 October 2012
Series ISSN: 1860-949X
Series E-ISSN: 1860-9503
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 226
Topics: Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation