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Ultrasonic imaging system for robots using an electronic scanning method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Shin-ichi Kuroda ,
Akio Jitsumori  and
Takahiko Inari
Shin-ichi Kuroda
Affiliation:
Product Development Laboratory, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 661 (Japan)
Akio Jitsumori
Affiliation:
Product Development Laboratory, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 661 (Japan)
Takahiko Inari
Affiliation:
Product Development Laboratory, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 661 (Japan)
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Summary

This paper describes a primitive environment recognition system for advanced robots. The system can recognize the location, configuration and distribution of 3-D objects in an object space (4m×4m×2.5m) using an ultrasonic imaging method. As an experiment, we have tried to develop the recognition system for the distribution of standing persons. First, this system was tested by mechanical scanning in order to obtain a satisfactory result. Next, we have investigated the electronic scanning method. A transmitter built for testing was composed of twenty-one ultrasonic transducers (40 KHz) built into a 2-D array. The characteristics supported by measurements have agreed well with the theoretical results. Therefore, it has become clear that the ultrasonic imaging system using an electronic scanning method can be applied to environment recognition.

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Robotica , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 47 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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