OBSTACLE DETECTION IN MOBILE OUTDOOR ROBOTS - A Short-term Memory for the Mobile Outdoor Platform RAVON

H. Schäfer, M. Proetzsch, K. Berns

2007

Abstract

In this paper a biologically inspired approach for compensating the limited angle of vision in obstacle detection systems of mobile robots is presented. Most of the time it is not feasible to exhaustively monitor the environment of a mobile robot. In order to nonetheless achieve safe navigation obstacle detection mechanisms need to keep in mind certain aspects of the environment. In mammals this task is carried out by the creature’s short-term memory. Inspired by this concept an absolute local map storing obstacles in terms of representatives has been introduced in the obstacle detection and avoidance system of the outdoor robot RAVON. That way the gap between the fields of vision of two laser range finders can be monitored which prevents the vehicle from colliding with obstacles seen some time ago.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Schäfer H., Proetzsch M. and Berns K. (2007). OBSTACLE DETECTION IN MOBILE OUTDOOR ROBOTS - A Short-term Memory for the Mobile Outdoor Platform RAVON . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-972-8865-83-2, pages 141-148. DOI: 10.5220/0001630701410148

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco07,
author={H. Schäfer and M. Proetzsch and K. Berns},
title={OBSTACLE DETECTION IN MOBILE OUTDOOR ROBOTS - A Short-term Memory for the Mobile Outdoor Platform RAVON},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2007},
pages={141-148},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001630701410148},
isbn={978-972-8865-83-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - OBSTACLE DETECTION IN MOBILE OUTDOOR ROBOTS - A Short-term Memory for the Mobile Outdoor Platform RAVON
SN - 978-972-8865-83-2
AU - Schäfer H.
AU - Proetzsch M.
AU - Berns K.
PY - 2007
SP - 141
EP - 148
DO - 10.5220/0001630701410148