Machine vision for intelligent semi-autonomous transport (MV-iSAT)

Kenneth Mapanga, Veera Ragavan

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Abstract

The primary focus was to develop a vision-based system suitable for the navigation and mapping of an indoor, single-floor environment. Devices incorporating an iSAT system could be used as `self-propelled? shopping carts in high-end retail stores or as automated luggage routing systems in airports. The primary design feature of this system is its Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) core, chosen for its strengths in parallelism and pipelining. Image processing has been successfully demonstrated in real-time using FPGA hardware. Remote feedback and monitoring was broadcasted to a host computer via a local area network. Deadlines as short as 40 ns have been met by a custom built memory-based arbitration scheme. It is hoped that the iSAT platform will provide the basis for future work on advanced FPGA-based machine-vision algorithms for mobile robotics.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors 2012 (IRIS 2012)
EditorsHanafiah Yussof, Hayder Al-Assadi
Place of PublicationNetherlands
PublisherElsevier
Pages395 - 404
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventInternational Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors 2012 - Hilton Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Duration: 4 Sept 20126 Sept 2012
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Publication series

NameProcedia Engineering
PublisherElsevier
Volume41
ISSN (Electronic)1877-7058

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors 2012
Abbreviated titleIRIS 2012
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuching, Sarawak
Period4/09/126/09/12
OtherTheme: SMART SENSORS, SMART ROBOTS
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