Development of Obstacle Recognition System of Humanoids Using Relative Disparity Maps from Small Range Image Sensors

Naotaka Hikosaka; Kei Watanabe; Kazunori Umeda

doi:10.20965/jrm.2007.p0290

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JRM Vol.19 No.3 pp. 290-297

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0290

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Development of Obstacle Recognition System of Humanoids Using Relative Disparity Maps from Small Range Image Sensors

Naotaka Hikosaka, Kei Watanabe, and Kazunori Umeda

Department of Precision Mechanics, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan

Received:

October 23, 2006

Accepted:

March 24, 2007

Published:

June 20, 2007

Keywords:

small range image sensor, humanoid, relative disparity map, obstacle avoidance

Abstract

We discuss the recognition of obstacles by detecting a plane using relative disparity maps obtained from a small range image sensor incorporated in a humanoid. Our proposal enables easy plane detection and obstacle recognition using relative disparity from a reference plane alone. We built an integrated controller that feeds back obstacle information to the humanoid. We confirmed through experiments that the humanoid recognized obstacles and autonomously stopped walking.

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N. Hikosaka, K. Watanabe, and K. Umeda, “Development of Obstacle Recognition System of Humanoids Using Relative Disparity Maps from Small Range Image Sensors,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.19 No.3, pp. 290-297, 2007.

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[1] [1] K. Okada, S. Kagami, M. Inaba, and H. Inoue, “Plane Segment Finder: Algorithm, Implementation and Applications,” Proc. of International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA’01), pp. 2120-2125, 2001.

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[12] [12] K. Umeda, “A Compact Range Image Sensor Suitable for Robots,” Proc. 2004 Int. Conf. On Robotics and Automation, pp. 3167-3172, April 2004.

[13] [13] http://www.stockeryale.com/