Environmental support method for mobile robots using visual marks with memory storage

Presents a methodology of environmental support for autonomous mobile robots using visual marks with memory storage. The mark makes up for insufficient function of sensing and recognition; self-positioning, positioning of objects, and deciding methods to operate objects. The mark proposed in this paper consists of a landmark part and a memory part. The landmark part is used to estimate the relative position and orientation between robots and the mark, and the memory part gives information about what it is, what tasks there are, and how to conduct the tasks. Task execution using the marks with real robots is described to show the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

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