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2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics
Development of Robot Teleoperation System in Bad Viewing Condition
Kunming, China
December 17-December 20
ISBN: 1-4244-0570-X
Kazuyuki Kon, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, JAPAN. Email: kon@hi.mce.uec.ac.jp
Yuki Urano, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, JAPAN. Email: yurano@hi.mce.uec.ac.jp
Naoji Shiroma, Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Ibaraki 315-8511, JAPAN. Email: naoji@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp
Noritaka Sato, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, JAPAN. Email: nsato@hi.mce.uec.ac.jp
Yusuke Fujino, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, JAPAN. Email: yfujino@hi.mce.uec.ac.jp
Hiroaki Fukushima, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, JAPAN
Fumitoshi Matsuno, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, JAPAN. Email: matsuno@hi.mce.uec.ac.jp
In robot teleoperation there is a mounted camera on a robot and the operation is usually performed from a remote site using captured images by the mounted camera. Even though color cameras provide many useful information of a remote site, robot teleoperation using color cameras are highly effected by environmental conditions such as lighting, colors, smoke, etc. and there might be a case that cameras might become useless during an operation such as in dark places. In this paper we have developed a robot teleoperation system which does not fully rely on color camera images and works well in bad viewing condition for operating a robot and searching for a victim. A laser rangefinder is used for sensing surroundings of a robot and a thermal camera is used for victim detection. An operator can control a robot in a remote site only using environmental contour figure information around a robot without color camera images. The augmented image interface consists of color and thermal camera images are used for victim detection. We have executed a victim searching task in different lighting conditions with different sensor configurations to show the effectiveness of developed system.
Citation:
Kazuyuki Kon, Yuki Urano, Naoji Shiroma, Noritaka Sato, Yusuke Fujino, Hiroaki Fukushima, Fumitoshi Matsuno, "Development of Robot Teleoperation System in Bad Viewing Condition," robio, pp.427-432, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2006
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