Dynamic Omnidirectional Vision For Mobile Robots

Abstract

Mobile robotic devices hold great promise for a variety of applications in industry. A key step in the design of a mobile robot is to determine the navigation method for the mobility control. The purpose of this paper is to describe a new algorithm for omnidirec-tional vision navigation. A prototype omnidirectional vision system and the implementation of the navigation techniques using this modern sensor and an advanced automatic image processor is described. The significance of this work is in the development of a new and novel approach - dynamic omnidirectional vision for mobile robots and autonomous guided vehicles.