Effective Motion Tracking Using Known and Learned Actuation Models

Abstract

Robots need to track objects. We consider tasks where robots actuate on the target that is visually tracked. Object tracking efficiency completely depends on the accuracy of the motion model and of the sensory information. The motion model of the target becomes particularly complex in the presence of multiple agents acting on a mobile target. We assume that the tracked object is actuated by a team of agents, composing of robots and possibly humans. Robots know their own actions, and team members are collaborating according to coordination plans and communicated information. The thesis shows that using a previously known or learned action model of the single robot or team members improves the efficiency of tracking.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 06, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488530

Entities

People

  • Yang Gu

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Computational Science
  • Detectors
  • Guidance
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Kalman Filters
  • Markov Processes
  • Motion Capture
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Robotics
  • Robots
  • Sequential Monte Carlo Methods
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction