A monocular leader-follower system for small mobile robots

Camille S. Monnier; Stan German; Andrey Ostapchenko

doi:10.1117/12.921477

25 May 2012 A monocular leader-follower system for small mobile robots

Camille S. Monnier, Stan German, Andrey Ostapchenko

Proceedings Volume 8387, Unmanned Systems Technology XIV; 83870J (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921477
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Current generation UGV control systems typically require operators to physically control a platform through teleoperation, even for simple tasks such as travelling from one location to another. While vision-based control technologies promise to significantly reduce the burden on UGV operators, most schemes rely on specialized sensing hardware, such as LIDAR or stereo cameras, or require additional operator-worn equipment or markers to differentiate the leader from nearby pedestrians. We present a system for robust leader-follower control of small UGVs using only a single monocular camera, which is ubiquitous on mobile platforms. The system allows a user to control a mobile robot by leading the way and issuing commands through arm/hand gestures, and differentiates between the leader and nearby pedestrians. The software achieves this by integrating efficient algorithms for pedestrian detection, online appearance learning, and kinematic tracking with a lightweight technique for camera-based gesture recognition.

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Camille S. Monnier, Stan German, and Andrey Ostapchenko "A monocular leader-follower system for small mobile robots", Proc. SPIE 8387, Unmanned Systems Technology XIV, 83870J (25 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921477

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