Title :
Sketch-based navigation for mobile robots
Author :
Chronis, George ; Skubic, Marjorie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Missouri Univ., USA
Abstract :
The goal of this work is to create a robot interface that allows a novice user to guide, control, and/or program a mobile robot to perform some task. To illustrate our interface we have chosen the example of robot navigation. We present a way to use a PDA computer to sketch a map and a robot route on this map. Qualitative instructions are then extracted from such a map to form a list of sequential steps that the robot has to follow to complete its task based on landmark states. We also demonstrate the feasibility of our approach on a Nomad200 robot simulator.
Keywords :
collision avoidance; computerised navigation; mobile robots; Nomad200 robot simulator; landmark states; mobile robot interface; qualitative route information; robot navigation; semiautonomous robotic assistant; semiautonomous vehicle; sequential steps; sketch-based navigation; task representation; Computer interfaces; Computer science; Data mining; Humans; Layout; Mobile robots; Navigation; Personal digital assistants; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Systems, 2003. FUZZ '03. The 12th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7810-5
DOI :
10.1109/FUZZ.2003.1209376
