Teleoperation of a Team of Robots with Vision

Abstract

In this paper, we report on the initial development of the component capabilities, especially the imaging capabilities, in Computer Vision, Autonomy, and Teleoperation for the long-term goal of operating a team of robots for purposes of surveillance or materiel transport. The team is a collection of five to fifty monocular mobile robots that are jointly controlled by a single user with a joystick. Each robot communicates with nearby robots, could sense the terrain in its vicinity proprioceptively, and can coordinate with other robots to avoid obstacles as well as friendly assets. In this effort, we focused on the image sensing opportunities provided by such a team of monocular mobile robots and the computer vision capabilities required to exploit those opportunities. No effort was expended on SLAM, and little on control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA546999

Entities

People

  • Griff Bilbro
  • Wesley Snider

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Algorithms
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Computational Complexity
  • Computer Vision
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Focal Planes
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Polygons
  • Robotics
  • Simulations
  • Students

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy