University of Ottawa - Carleton University
Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Computer Science (OCICS) Presentation
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March 15, 2013 @ 10:00a.m.
Pattern Matching for Autonomous Robotics
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Speaker: Brian Moffat
Location: 240 TB (Tory Building) |
ABSTRACT
Usually robots are controlled by an operator but sometimes a manual operator is not desired. Without user input a robot will require visual input and an understanding of its environment to run autonomously. With a large robot some individual component would need to be able to operate autonomously. The purpose of this project is to implement software for controlling two Lynxmotion robotic arms that will later be connected to a larger robot. The two arms will operate such that given an input of blocks of similar size, and varied colour that are randomly oriented; the arms can manipulate the blocks into a desired output. The problem to be solved in this situation is correctly identifying blocks which are overlapping or misaligned. This implementation uses a laser scanner for mapping 3D environment information and a camera for reading colour information. With these sensors, the robotic arms are able to understand their environment, using model matching and edge detection. |
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