Overhead tracking and control of a mobile robot
Title: Overhead tracking and control of a mobile robot
Authors: Bilal Fawaz (Aberystwyth University); Jack Thompson (Aberystwyth University); Rose Awen Brindle (Aberystwyth University); William Robert Evans (Aberystwyth University); Tomos Fearn (Aberystwyth University); Claudio Massimo Coppola (Aberystwyth University); Otar Akanyeti (Aberystwyth University);
Year: 2022
Citation: Fawaz, B., Thompson, J., Brindle, R., Evans, W., Fearn, T., Coppola, C., Akanyeti, O., (2022). Overhead tracking and control of a mobile robot. UKRAS22 Conference “Robotics for Unconstrained Environments” Proceedings, 46-47. doi: 10.31256/Ee5Um7W
Abstract:
Abstract—An issue with bio-inspired robotics is knowledge transfer from biology to robots. Our paper provides a tracking and robot controller framework to allow a robot to copy the movement behaviours of a fish. This method receives fish coordinates from an image and translates these as way-points to the robot, by utilising an over-head depth camera. Sensor-motor data and front-facing camera images for the robot will be provided to a Learning by Demonstration (LbD) model to understand the movement and decision making of the fish. As of this paper, initial data collection has been completed and a robot tracking algorithm has been developed.