A Bio-inspired Auto-velocity Detection Algorithm for Autonomous Robots

Erhard Gwerder, Hans Dermot Doran

2017

Abstract

As examples of computationally cheap and robust sensors the eyes of a fly are well known in literature. Attempts to replicate the function of the eye in electronic technology has resulted in several algorithms and implementations based on those algorithms. These implementations are either impractical for industrial use or use costly Application Specific Integrated Circuits. In an attempt to use a low-cost Commercial off the Shelf camera as a sensor in a real-world robot navigation use-case we investigate two commonly used algorithms and find them unsuitable. We develop a new algorithm – the Distance of Travel algorithm – show its suitability and investigate its properties in both simulation and practical experiments.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gwerder E. and Doran H. (2017). A Bio-inspired Auto-velocity Detection Algorithm for Autonomous Robots . In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-264-6, pages 56-65. DOI: 10.5220/0006430200560065

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco17,
author={Erhard Gwerder and Hans Dermot Doran},
title={A Bio-inspired Auto-velocity Detection Algorithm for Autonomous Robots},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2017},
pages={56-65},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006430200560065},
isbn={978-989-758-264-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - A Bio-inspired Auto-velocity Detection Algorithm for Autonomous Robots
SN - 978-989-758-264-6
AU - Gwerder E.
AU - Doran H.
PY - 2017
SP - 56
EP - 65
DO - 10.5220/0006430200560065