Find and Follow the Circle: Robot Navigation

R. Montufar-Chaveznava and J. Herrera-Vega (Mexico)

Keywords

Robotics, image processing, circle detection, edge detection and robot navigation.

Abstract

Singularities usually convey most relevant information in an image, hence it is important to detect them in a reliable way. In particular, circle detection is essential in some image analysis areas. In this work we present a circle detection method based on a sequence of simple image processing algorithms such as erosion and dilation. The circle detector is integrated to a reactive architecture for autonomous robot navigation. The robot should identify a particular circle, which is present in an image scene, and follow it according its size and position in the image. Circle detection is performed in real-time for reactive responses.

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