Robust Positioning Method using Omni-directional Camera and Dead Reckoning for Soccer Robots

Omni-directional catadioptric vision for soccer robots

Self-localization Method Using Two Landmarks and Dead Reckoning for Autonomous Mobile Soccer Robots

We propose a new method of self-localization using two landmarks and dead reckoning for a soccer robot equipped with an omnidirectional camera as a local vision sensor. This method requires low computational cost. Thanks to rapid process, the system can afford to run multiple localization process in parallel resulting robust and accurate localization. An experimental result in the field of Robo...

Comprehensive Omni-Directional Soccer Player Robots

RoboCup competitions were first proposed by Mackworth in 1993. The main goal of this scientific competition is to exploit, improve and integrate the methods and techniques from robotics, machine vision and artificial intelligence (AI) disciplines to create an autonomous team of soccer playing robots. At the time of preparing this chapter, RoboCup is organized in several different leagues includ...

Camera Calibration for a Robust Omni-directional Photogrammetry System

Immersive Media’s Telemmersion® system is a multi-view imaging system that captures high-resolution full-motion 360o omni-directional images from synchronized cameras arranged in a dodecahedron. This paper describes transformation of the resultant imagery from aesthetically pleasing blended mosaics to mathematically rigorous projections through camera calibration. Specifically, we describe our ...

Sensor-based dead-reckoning for indoor positioning

This paper presents a method of indoor position determination using an accelerometer, compass and gyroscope which are typically available in devices such as smart phones. The method makes use of measurements from such a device worn on the body, such as attached to a belt. The accelerometer in the device estimates the stride length indirectly from the vertical acceleration associated with walkin...