Design of a Laser Pointer Follower Robot

Facundo Garcia-Cardenas; Nelson Soberon; Cristian Amaya; Victor Murray

doi:10.1109/INTERCON50315.2020.9220239

Design of a Laser Pointer Follower Robot

Facundo Garcia-Cardenas
, Nelson Soberon
, Cristian Amaya
, Victor Murray

University of Engineering and Technology UTEC
The University of New Mexico
Harvard University

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Abstract

We propose a system that performs automatic laser spot detection and tracking. Our laser spot detection approach is based on the HSV color model, thresholding, and center of mass. For tracking, a system of quadrants was used to move a camera depending on the center of mass. Also, the distance to the laser spot is calculated using a stereo vision configuration and geometric relationships. The proposed architecture is composed of an embedded computer that controls a low cost, semi-autonomous sentry robot attached to it. Our results show a robust real-time system that can detect a laser spot and track it, with a distance error lower than 0.80% on average and an execution time of 62 milliseconds per frame, that can be used in different applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728193779
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INTERCON50315.2020.9220239
State	Published - Sep 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	27th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020 - Virtual, Lima, Peru Duration: 3 Sep 2020 → 5 Sep 2020

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Name	Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020

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Conference	27th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020
Country/Territory	Peru
City	Virtual, Lima
Period	3/09/20 → 5/09/20

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

laser tracking
Stereo vision

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Garcia-Cardenas, F., Soberon, N., Amaya, C., & Murray, V. (2020). Design of a Laser Pointer Follower Robot. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020 Article 9220239 (Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTERCON50315.2020.9220239

Garcia-Cardenas, Facundo ; Soberon, Nelson ; Amaya, Cristian et al. / Design of a Laser Pointer Follower Robot. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. (Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020).

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Garcia-Cardenas, F, Soberon, N, Amaya, C & Murray, V 2020, Design of a Laser Pointer Follower Robot. in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020., 9220239, Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 27th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020, Virtual, Lima, Peru, 3/09/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTERCON50315.2020.9220239

Design of a Laser Pointer Follower Robot. / Garcia-Cardenas, Facundo; Soberon, Nelson; Amaya, Cristian et al.
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. 9220239 (Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Garcia-Cardenas F, Soberon N, Amaya C, Murray V. Design of a Laser Pointer Follower Robot. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. 9220239. (Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020). doi: 10.1109/INTERCON50315.2020.9220239

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