Telepresence mobile robot for security applications

Author

Schultz, Robert J. ; Nakajima, Ryoji ; Nomura, Junji

Author_Institution

Matsushita Electr. Works Ltd., Osaka, Japan

fYear

1991

fDate

28 Oct-1 Nov 1991

Firstpage

1063

Abstract

A mobile telepresence robot is currently being developed for use in surveillance and fire-detection applications that will be integrated into the present intelligent building system. The authors discuss the design, construction, and man-machine interface of the mobile telepresence robot. This system will allow the building operator to patrol remote areas from the safety and comfort of the building´s control center. The viewing station contains a BOOM (binocular omni-orientation monitor)-mounted stereoscopic color viewer, while the robot consists of a self-powered mobile platform carrying the slave telepresence camera system and various navigational sensors. The robot patrols a predefined area and goes to a particular landmark autonomously in case of an emergency

Keywords

computer vision; home automation; mobile robots; safety systems; BOOM; binocular omni-orientation monitor; fire-detection; intelligent building system; man-machine interface; navigational sensors; security system; stereoscopic color viewer; surveillance; telepresence mobile robot; Buildings; Intelligent robots; Intelligent structures; Intelligent systems; Mobile robots; Robot sensing systems; Safety; Security; Surveillance; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1991. Proceedings. IECON '91., 1991 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kobe

Print_ISBN

0-87942-688-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1991.239144

Filename

239144