Title :
Real-time road edge following for mobile robot navigation
Author :
Lotufo, R.A. ; Morgan, A.D. ; Dagless, E.L. ; Milford, D.J. ; Morrissey, J.E. ; Thomas, B.T.
Author_Institution :
Fac. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK
fDate :
2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe the ongoing research at the University of Bristol to explore mobile robot road-following algorithms and suitable hardware architectures to run these algorithms. The prototype hardware, designed and built at the University, is a real-time frame grabber system based on transputers. Two approaches to real-time road edge following that have been tested to guide a small tracked vehicle around the paths of the University gardens are described
Keywords :
computer architecture; computer vision; computerised navigation; mobile robots; position control; real-time systems; transputers; University of Bristol; computer vision; hardware architectures; mobile robot navigation; mobile robot road-following algorithms; position control; real-time frame grabber system; real-time road edge following; small tracked vehicle; transputers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics & Communication Engineering Journal
