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Paper Abstract
The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) held
an autonomous robot competition called CANINE in June 2012. The goal of the competition was to
develop innovative and natural control methods for robots. This paper describes the winning
technology, including the vision system, the operator interaction, and the autonomous mobility. The
rules stated only gestures or voice commands could be used for control. The robots would learn a
new object at the start of each phase, find the object after it was thrown into a field, and return the
object to the operator. Each of the six phases became more difficult, including clutter of the same
color or shape as the object, moving and stationary obstacles, and finding the operator who moved
from the starting location to a new location. The Robotic Research Team integrated techniques in
computer vision, speech recognition, object manipulation, and autonomous navigation. A multi-filter
computer vision solution reliably detected the objects while rejecting objects of similar color or
shape, even while the robot was in motion. A speech-based interface with short commands provided
close to natural communication of complicated commands from the operator to the robot. An
innovative gripper design allowed for efficient object pickup. A robust autonomous mobility and
navigation solution for ground robotic platforms provided fast and reliable obstacle avoidance and
course navigation. The research approach focused on winning the competition while remaining
cognizant and relevant to real world applications.
Paper Details
Date Published: 4 February 2013
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 8662, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXX: Algorithms and Techniques, 86620N (4 February 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2010713
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8662:
Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXX: Algorithms and Techniques
Juha Röning; David Casasent, Editor(s)
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 8662, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXX: Algorithms and Techniques, 86620N (4 February 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2010713
Show Author Affiliations
Nenad Uzunovic, Robotic Research LLC (United States)
Anne Schneider, Robotic Research LLC (United States)
Alberto Lacaze, Robotic Research LLC (United States)
Anne Schneider, Robotic Research LLC (United States)
Alberto Lacaze, Robotic Research LLC (United States)
Karl Murphy, Robotic Research LLC (United States)
Mark Del Giorno, Del Services (United States)
Mark Del Giorno, Del Services (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8662:
Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXX: Algorithms and Techniques
Juha Röning; David Casasent, Editor(s)
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