Abstract:
The present invention aims to provide a robot having the structure suitable for freely moving about in the environment where there is an obstacle within the house, for example. The robot includes a communication section transmitting by wireless an image taken by the camera to a base station, and via the base station to a communication terminal making the radio communication with the base station, and receiving by wireless the movement target position information specified on the image by an operation of the communication terminal via the base station, and a motion control section that moves the robot up to a movement target position specified by the movement target position information acquired in the communication section.
Abstract:
The invention relates to method for navigating within a navigation area (2), wherein a plurality of navigation tags (1) has been mounted at predetermined positions within the navigation area (2). To solve the object of the invention to provide a method and system for accurate and flexible navigating in various types of navigation scenarios, it is proposed that the method comprises the steps of: determining a sequence of navigation tags (1), which are associated with a desired route within the navigation area (2), based on the positions of the navigation tags (7) and on topographic information (8) on the navigation area (2); and navigating said route by passing navigation tags (1) of said sequence of navigation tags, whereby passing of a navigation tag is acknowledged (12, 13). The invention further relates to a system and a computer program product for navigating within a navigation area (2).
Abstract:
A remotely-operated robot (1) comprising a means (2) for storing room layout of a building, a means (3) for receiving the position within the room layout indicated from a remote point, and a means (4) for controlling the movement of the robot to the indicated position. A self position identifying method is performed by the robot having a camera capable of changing the image pickup direction. A room in which the robot is present is identified by correlative operation and DP matching by picking up panorama images of the room in which the robot possibly moves in advance, preparing reference images by cutting out a plurality of block images therefrom, and using the images picked up at the position where the robot is present and the reference images.
Abstract:
Methods of remote control of a mobile robot and an intuitive user interface for remotely controlling a mobile robot are provided. Using a point-and-click device (405), the user is able to choose a target location (430) within a heads-up display (400) toward which to move a mobile robot. Additional graphical overlays (410 &and 412) are provided to aid the user in navigating even in systems with asynchronous communication.
Abstract:
La caméra (9) est montée sur un robot (1) mobile dans un espace (2) prédéterminé. On commande à distance les déplacements du robot (1) et de la caméra (9) dans cet espace, sur une trajectoire (T) désirée. Suivant l'invention on définit ladite trajectoire (T) à l'aide d'une cartographie dudit espace et on asservit la trajectoire réelle dudit robot, repéré dans ladite cartographie, à ladite trajectoire désirée (T), par la méthode de la poursuite de la position d'un modèle du robot (1). Application à la visite d'un espace (musée, atelier, etc...), à travers un site WEB du réseau Internet.
Abstract:
Le domaine de l'invention est celui des dispositifs de guidage embarqués sur des véhicules autonomes ou robots étant notamment amenés à circuler dans des environnements inaccessibles ou dangereux pour l'homme. L'invention concerne un dispositif de détection d'environnement, de positionnement et/ou de guidage d'un véhicule autonome mobile au sol du type comprenant d'une part des moyens de génération et d'émission d'un signal pouvant être réfléchi par un obstacle fixe, et d'autre part des moyens de réception et de traitement du signal réfléchi par ledit obstacle fixe, lesdits moyens de traitement permettant la reconnaissance de l'environnement et/ou le guidage dudit véhicule mobile autonome, ledit signal émis étant un signal radar en ondes millimétriques, et lesdits moyens d'émission et de réception coopérant avec un dispositif d'antenne rotative en gisement sur 360°.
Abstract:
Apparatus for correcting the position and posture of an automatically steered unmanned movable body periodically by the dead reckoning. A plurality of sets of signs (8), each of which consists of at least two signs, are arranged intermittently along a reference line (15) on a road on which the unmanned movable body (1) runs, and these signs (8) are identified by means of a television camera (6) mounted on the movable body (1). The actual position and posture of the unmanned movable body (1) are detected on the basis of the results of the identification of the signs (8). The position and posture, which have been determined by the dead reckoning, of the unmanned movable body (1) are corrected on the basis of these detection results.
Abstract:
Apparatus for correcting the position and posture of an automatically steered unmanned movable body periodically by the dead reckoning. A plurality of sets of signs (8), each of which consists of at least two signs, are arranged intermittently along a reference line (15) on a road on which the unmanned movable body (1) runs, and these signs (8) are identified by means of a television camera (6) mounted on the movable body (1). The actual position and posture of the unmanned movable body (1) are detected on the basis of the results of the identification of the signs (8). The position and posture, which have been determined by the dead reckoning, of the unmanned movable body (1) are corrected on the basis of these detection results.