Author:Withey, Daniel JDate:Oct 2015Computer vision systems are essential for practical, autonomous, mobile robots – machines that employ artificial intelligence and control their own motion within an environment. As with biological systems, computer vision systems include the ...Read more
Author:Sabatta, DGDate:Nov 2009Before a robot may be classed as an autonomous system, it must be able to move unaided in an environment. In a known environment or with pre-recorded trajectories, this reduces to the problem of path following. In order to follow an arbitrarily ...Read more
Author:De Villiers, MDate:Feb 2011This research project proposes the development of an autonomous, omnidirectional vehicle that will be used for general indoor service applications. A suggested trial application for this service robot will be to deliver printouts to various ...Read more
Author:Burke, Michael GDate:Nov 2010The reliable detection and tracking of general objects is required by many field robotics applications, where autonomous agents need to navigate between and interact with dynamic targets in unstructured environments. This paper presents an ...Read more
Author:Pancham, A; Tlale, N; Bright, GDate:Nov 2011Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) allows a mobile robot to be completely autonomous in an unknown environment and perform its tasks. The robot is able to create a map of its environment and at the same time locate itself. Real world ...Read more
Author:Pancham, A; Tlale, N; Bright, GDate:Oct 2012In order for mobile robots to operate in dynamic or real world environments they must be able to localise themselves while building a map of the environment, and detect and track moving objects. This work involves the research and implementation ...Read more
Author:Burke, Michael G; Bos, NDate:Nov 2011The ability of an agent to self-localise is crucial to any autonomous task where mobility is required. A common set of techniques solving the localisation problem involve the deployment of active beacons or landmarks, which eliminate problems ...Read more
Author:Govender, Natasha; Warrell, J; Torr, P; Nicolls, FDate:Sep 2013For mobile robots to perform certain tasks in human environments, fast and accurate object verification and recognition is essential. Bayesian approaches to active object recognition have proved effective in a number of cases, allowing ...Read more
Author:Mtshali, Mbali; Engelbrecht, ADate:Jan 2010In the development of mobile robotic systems, a robotic architecture plays a crucial role in interconnecting all the sub-systems and controlling the system. The design of robotic architectures for mobile autonomous robots is a challenging and ...Read more
Author:Pancham, A; Withey, Daniel J; Bright, GDate:May 2015The tracking of moving points in image sequences requires unique features that can be easily distinguished. However, traditional feature descriptors are of high dimension, leading to larger storage requirement and slower computation. In this ...Read more