ANALASYS OF TWO LOW-COST AND ROBUST METHODS FOR INDOOR LOCALISATION OF MOBILE ROBOTS

Milos Petkovic, Vladimir Sibinović, Dragiša Popović, Vladimir Mitić, Darko Todorović, Goran S. Đorđević

DOI Number
10.2298/FUEE1703403M
First page
403
Last page
416

Abstract


This paper presents two simple and cost effective indoor localisation methods. The first method uses ceiling-mounted wide-view angle webcam, computer vision and coloured circular markers, placed on the top of a robot. Main drawbacks of this method are lens distortion and sensitivity to lighting conditions. After solving these problems, a high localisation accuracy of ±1cm is achieved at about 5 Hz sampling rate. The second method is a version of trilateration, based on ultrasound time of flight distance measurement. An ultrasonic beacon is placed on a robot while wall detectors are strategically placed to avoid an excessive occlusion. The ZigBee network is used for inter-device synchronisation and for broadcasting measured data. Robot location is determined as a solution to the minimisation of measurement errors. Using Nelder-Mead algorithm and low-cost distance measuring devices, a solid sub 5 cm localisation accuracy is achieved at 10Hz.


Keywords

Robot localization, Nelder-Mead, Gnu Scientific Library, USB camera, OpenCV

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