Laser-activated RFID-based Indoor Localization System for Mobile Robots

Author

Zhou, Yu ; Liu, Wenfei ; Huang, Peisen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY

fYear

2007

fDate

10-14 April 2007

Firstpage

4600

Lastpage

4605

Abstract

Localization is a fundamental problem in autonomous mobile robot navigation. This paper introduces a new artificial landmark-based localization system for mobile robots navigating in indoor environments. Laser-activated RFID tag is designed and used as the artificial landmark in the proposed localization system. The robot localization is realized via the combination of the stereo vision and laser-activated RFID based on the principle of triangulation. The localization system functions like an indoor GPS. Preliminary research shows that the proposed system is promising to provide a robust and accurate indoor localization method for mobile robots.

Keywords

SLAM (robots); mobile robots; navigation; radiofrequency identification; robot vision; stereo image processing; artificial landmark-based localization system; autonomous mobile robot navigation; indoor environment; laser-activated RFID-based indoor localization system; stereo vision; triangulation; Global Positioning System; Indoor environments; Mobile robots; Navigation; Optical design; RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; Robot localization; Robustness; Stereo vision;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 2007 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Roma

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0601-3

Electronic_ISBN

1050-4729

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364188

Filename

4209806