Line following using a two camera guidance system for a mobile robot

Tayib Samu; Nikhal Kelkar; David Perdue; Michael A. Ruthemeyer; Bradley O. Matthews; Ernest L. Hall

doi:10.1117/12.256287

29 October 1996 Line following using a two camera guidance system for a mobile robot

Tayib Samu, Nikhal Kelkar, David Perdue, Michael A. Ruthemeyer, Bradley O. Matthews, Ernest L. Hall

Proceedings Volume 2904, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XV: Algorithms, Techniques,Active Vision, and Materials Handling; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256287
Event: Photonics East '96, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Automated unmanned guided vehicles have many potential applications in manufacturing, medicine, space and defense. A mobile robot has been designed for the 1996 Automated Unmanned Vehicle Society competition which was held in Orlando, Florida on July 15, 1996. The competition required the vehicle to follow solid and dashed lines around an approximately 800 ft. path while avoiding obstacles, overcoming terrain changes such as inclines and sand traps, and attempting to maximize speed. The purpose of this paper is to describe the algorithm developed for the line following. The line following algorithm images two windows and locates their centroid and with the knowledge that the points are on the ground plane, a mathematical and geometrical relationship between the image coordinates of the points and their corresponding ground coordinates are established. The angle of the line and minimum distance from the robot centroid are then calculated and used in the steering control. Two cameras are mounted on the robot with a camera on each side. One camera guides the robot and when it loses track of the line on its side, the robot control system automatically switches to the other camera. The test bed system has provided an educational experience for all involved and permits understanding and extending the state of the art in autonomous vehicle design.

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Tayib Samu, Nikhal Kelkar, David Perdue, Michael A. Ruthemeyer, Bradley O. Matthews, and Ernest L. Hall "Line following using a two camera guidance system for a mobile robot", Proc. SPIE 2904, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XV: Algorithms, Techniques,Active Vision, and Materials Handling, (29 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256287

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