A bearing-only 2D/3D-homing method under a visual servoing framework

Ming Liu*, Cédric Pradalier, Qijun Chen, Roland Siegwart

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Abstract

Homing is one of the fundamental functions for both the mobile robot and the flying robot. Furthermore, homing can be introduced into a topological navigation system by cyclically setting Home positions at the keypoints/nodes in a topological map. In this work, we describe a bearing-only homing method based on only few matching keypoints to grant the mobile robot the homing ability. Our method considers the homing problem as a visual servoing problem in 2D plane and even in 3D space, using an omnidirectional camera as the visual sensor. It doesn't require the distance information to the reference feature points. The proof of the convergence for the algorithm is also given. The simulation results confirm the feasibility and robustness of our method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2010
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages4062-4067
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781424450381
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2010 - Anchorage, AK, United States
Duration: 3 May 20107 May 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
ISSN (Print)1050-4729

Conference

Conference2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnchorage, AK
Period3/05/107/05/10

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