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Shuxiang Guo1,2, Shaowu Pan3, Liwei Shi4

  • 1Key Laboratory of Convergence Medical Engineering System and Healthcare Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China. guo@eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp.

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|April 20, 2017
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This study introduces a robust vision system for spherical amphibious robots, enabling effective moving target detection and tracking in challenging underwater conditions for ecological and surveillance tasks.

Area of Science:

  • Robotics
  • Computer Vision
  • Environmental Monitoring

Background:

  • Spherical amphibious robots require advanced vision systems for close-range observation tasks.
  • Underwater environments pose challenges like light scattering and disturbances.
  • Existing systems may not be optimized for the constraints of small, amphibious robots.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and implement a moving target detection and tracking system for spherical amphibious robots.
  • To address limitations posed by the amphibious environment and robot size.
  • To support ecological observations and intelligent surveillance.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized an industrial camera with adaptive appearance models for target detection.
  • Employed multi-scale retinex with color restoration for underwater image enhancement.
Keywords:
Gaussian mixture modelmoving target detectionspherical amphibious robotsystem-on-chip (SoC)visual tracking

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  • Implemented Gaussian mixture model for target detection and fast compressive tracker with Kalman prediction for tracking.
  • Developed a low-power, heterogeneous computing architecture on a system-on-chip.

    • Main Results:

    • Experimental results validated the system's effectiveness and high efficiency.
    • The system successfully detected and tracked moving targets in simulated amphibious conditions.
    • Demonstrated robustness against environmental disturbances and lighting variations.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed vision system meets the demands for spherical amphibious robots in biological monitoring and multi-robot cooperation.
    • The system's design is suitable for future advancements in autonomous underwater observation.
    • Highlights the potential for enhanced intelligent surveillance and ecological studies.