We placed the Surveyor SRV-1 into a small room and used vision to guide its movements to avoid the walls. Using the onboard camera and wireless connectivity we can process the results using a PC and RoboRealm.
The robot uses vision to detect the floor and wall transition using an edge detector. The edge pixels are then processed to find the lowest y coordinate and the slope of the detected line. Using this info the robot decides if it needs to turn (the lowest pixel value is below some Y amount) and which direction to turn (using the slope information).
You can pick up this robot from Surveyor Corporation. Seach on google for Surveyor Robot
RoboRealm 4 years ago
The robot uses vision to detect the floor and wall transition using an edge detector. The edge pixels are then processed to find the lowest y coordinate and the slope of the detected line. Using this info the robot decides if it needs to turn (the lowest pixel value is below some Y amount) and which direction to turn (using the slope information).
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RoboRealm 4 years ago