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A shape constraint based visual positioning method for a humanoid robot

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2006

De Xu
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080 (P.R. of China). E-mail: xude@compsys.ia.ac.cn
Min Tan
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080 (P.R. of China). E-mail: xude@compsys.ia.ac.cn
Zemin Jiang
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080 (P.R. of China). E-mail: xude@compsys.ia.ac.cn
Huosheng Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ (UK).
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Abstract

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This paper proposes a new visual positioning method for a humanoid robot to approach and grasp a valve based on colour and shape constraints. The robot has two cameras in its head and uses constraints of colour rectangle marks to determine the valve's position and pose. When the hands are near the valve, an image-based visual servoing method is employed to catch the handle of the valve via cameras in end-effectors. Experimental results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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2006 Cambridge University Press