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Omnidirectional Distributed Vision for Multi-Robot Mapping

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In this paper, we propose our ideas for realizing a Distributed Vision System for building a map of a large environment with a team of mobile robots equipped only with vision sensors. The vision sensors used in this work are cata-dioptric omnidirectional vision systems. The mirrors of these catadioptric systems have profiles expressly designed for the robot’s body and for the robot’s task. We report preliminary experiments on the interactions between heterogeneous vision systems both mounted on the same robot and mounted on different robots.

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  1. Intelligent Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Department of Informatics and Electronics, University of Padua, Italy

    Emanuele Menegatti & Enrico Pagello

  2. Institute LADSEB of CNR, Padua, Italy

    Enrico Pagello

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  1. Advanced Engineering Center, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, 351-0198, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan

    Hajime Asama (Head of Instrumentation Project Promotion Division) (Head of Instrumentation Project Promotion Division)

  2. Department of Precision Machinery Engineering, The Unviersity of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, 113-8656, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Tamio Arai (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Micro System Engineering, Nagoya University, 464-8603, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    Toshio Fukuda (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Department of Intelligent Systems Graduate School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, 812-8581, Higaschi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

    Tsutomu Hasegawa (Professor) (Professor)

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Menegatti, E., Pagello, E. (2002). Omnidirectional Distributed Vision for Multi-Robot Mapping. In: Asama, H., Arai, T., Fukuda, T., Hasegawa, T. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 5. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65941-9_28

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