Paper
4 May 1993 Real-time obstacle avoidance based on sensory information
Massimo Ianigro, Tiziana D'Orazio, Francesco P. Lovergine, Ettore Stella, Arcangelo Distante
Author Affiliations +
Proceedings Volume 1831, Mobile Robots VII; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.143838
Event: Applications in Optical Science and Engineering, 1992, Boston, MA, United States
Abstract
Detecting unexpected obstacles and avoiding collisions is an important task for any autonomous mobile robot. In this paper we describe an approach using a sonar-based system that we have used in our indoor autonomous mobile system. The logical design of this system is shown, followed by a description of how it builds a knowledge of the environment. The information collected of the environment can be used for many applications like real-time obstacle avoidance, environment learning, position estimation. This method builds up two kind of maps: a occupancy grid which contains the probability value of each cell to be occupied and a orientation map which contains the expected orientation of the surface of each cell in the occupancy grid. Methods for filtering raw sensor data before using it for map generation together with experimental results are shown.
© (1993) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Massimo Ianigro, Tiziana D'Orazio, Francesco P. Lovergine, Ettore Stella, and Arcangelo Distante "Real-time obstacle avoidance based on sensory information", Proc. SPIE 1831, Mobile Robots VII, (4 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.143838
Lens.org Logo
CITATIONS
Cited by 1 scholarly publication.
Advertisement
Advertisement
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission  Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace
KEYWORDS
Sensors

Reliability

Ultrasonics

Mobile robots

Specular reflections

Digital filtering

3D modeling

Back to Top