TY - JOUR
T1 - Neural Network Vision-Guided Mobile Robot for Retrieving Driving-Range Golf Balls
AU - Dadios, Elmer P.
AU - Hirota, Kaoru
AU - Catigum, Michelle L.
AU - Gutierrez, Albert C.
AU - Rodrigo, Danison R.
AU - Juan, Christopher Allan G.San
AU - Tan, Jeffrey T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - We developed an autonomous mobile robot with neural network (NN) vision that searches for and collects golf balls on an open or an indoor golf driving range. The robot recognizes range borderlines by red stripes. Scattered golf balls are collected using mechanically designed rotating blades. The NN vision identifies objects that are not golf balls and prevents the robot from picking them. The vision system is robust enough to navigate an open field and pick up the golf balls any time of day. Results of the experiments showed that our proposal operates accurately and reliably.
AB - We developed an autonomous mobile robot with neural network (NN) vision that searches for and collects golf balls on an open or an indoor golf driving range. The robot recognizes range borderlines by red stripes. Scattered golf balls are collected using mechanically designed rotating blades. The NN vision identifies objects that are not golf balls and prevents the robot from picking them. The vision system is robust enough to navigate an open field and pick up the golf balls any time of day. Results of the experiments showed that our proposal operates accurately and reliably.
KW - Neural network vision
KW - autonomous mobile robot
KW - driving-range golf ball retrieval robot
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U2 - 10.20965/jaciii.2006.p0181
DO - 10.20965/jaciii.2006.p0181
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:82855182355
SN - 1343-0130
VL - 10
SP - 181
EP - 186
JO - Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics
JF - Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics
IS - 2
ER -