Situational awareness for unmanned ground vehicles in semi-structured environments

Thomas G. Goodsell; Magnus Snorrason; Mark R. Stevens

doi:10.1117/12.474448

17 July 2002 Situational awareness for unmanned ground vehicles in semi-structured environments

Thomas G. Goodsell, Magnus Snorrason, Mark R. Stevens

Proceedings Volume 4715, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology IV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474448
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Situational Awareness (SA) is a critical component of effective autonomous vehicles, reducing operator workload and allowing an operator to command multiple vehicles or simultaneously perform other tasks. Our Scene Estimation & Situational Awareness Mapping Engine (SESAME) provides SA for mobile robots in semi-structured scenes, such as parking lots and city streets. SESAME autonomously builds volumetric models for scene analysis. For example, a SES-AME equipped robot can build a low-resolution 3-D model of a row of cars, then approach a specific car and build a high-resolution model from a few stereo snapshots. The model can be used onboard to determine the type of car and locate its license plate, or the model can be segmented out and sent back to an operator who can view it from different viewpoints. As new views of the scene are obtained, the model is updated and changes are tracked (such as cars arriving or departing). Since the robot's position must be accurately known, SESAME also has automated techniques for deter-mining the position and orientation of the camera (and hence, robot) with respect to existing maps. This paper presents an overview of the SESAME architecture and algorithms, including our model generation algorithm.

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Thomas G. Goodsell, Magnus Snorrason, and Mark R. Stevens "Situational awareness for unmanned ground vehicles in semi-structured environments", Proc. SPIE 4715, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology IV, (17 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474448

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3D modeling

Cameras

Situational awareness sensors

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