Development of an indoor mobile robot 'Mover O'

A mobile robot, Mover O, has been developed to navigate indoor environments. The robustness of the low-level image processing and the real-time performance of the visual guiding system were confirmed to be feasible for use in the real world. The robot navigated successfully in an environment consisting of rooms and corridors without extremely complex structures and moving obstacles. When the robot moved along continuous landmarks and the directions of the landmarks did not change drastically, the robot was able to run at a top speed of 2.5 km/h. The robot was able to find dispersed landmarks placed at intersections of corridors, and followed the instructed courses in the building.<<ETX>>