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OBTAINING GEOMETRY OF STAIRS USING MONOCULAR VISION SYSTEM

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814374286_0095Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    Modern walking robots are able to negotiate rough terrain. However there are still open topics, especially when there is a need to climb or descend an obstacle. This article presents the perception system for descending stairs with the sixlegged walking robot. The perception system for stair descent differs much from that used for stair climbing, while during the descent most of the surfaces of the step suffer from occlusions. Author describes the solution to this problem. The perception system consists of two sensors. Namely a video camera and a force sensor at the tip of the leg for active haptic sensing. The monocular vision system gives the scale of the stairs and the active haptic sensing system provides the additional information to obtain the real geometry of the obstacle. In the presented paper experiments were performed on the walking robot Messor. The article describes the monocular vision system and the method for obtaining the geometry of stairs. Next the ways of improving the accuracy of the system are presented.