Abstract
This paper presents a robust target tracking algorithm for a mobile sensor with a fan-shaped field of view and finite sensing range. The goal of the mobile robot is to track a moving target such that the probability of losing the target is minimized. We assume that the distribution of the next position of a moving target can be estimated using a motion prediction algorithm. If the next position of a moving target has the Gaussian distribution, the proposed algorithm can guarantee the tracking success probability. In addition, the proposed method minimizes the moving distance of the mobile robot based on a bound on the tracking success probability. While the problem considered in this paper is a non-convex optimization problem, we derive analytical solutions which can be easily solved in real-time. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated extensively in simulation and validated in pedestrian following experiments using a Pioneer mobile robot with a Microsoft Kinect sensor.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 7139031 |
| Pages (from-to) | 409-414 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
| Volume | 2015-June |
| Issue number | June |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 Jun 29 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2015 - Seattle, United States Duration: 2015 May 26 → 2015 May 30 |
Bibliographical note
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering