Robotics

Optical sensor for trajectory recognition
(from march 1997 to june 1998)

• Members:
  • Geovany Araújo Borges
  • Antônio Marcus Nogueira Lima (DEE, UFCG)
  • Gurdip Singh Deep (DEE, UFCG).
• Goals: Implementation f low-cost optical sensor for painted trajectory recognition with automated guided vehicles (AGVs).
• Activities: Sensor development using a matrix of IR sensors and a calibration platform.

Images
AGV view 1	AGV view 2
AGV view 3	AGV view 4
AGV view 5	Optical sensor

• Publications:
  
  1. G. A. Borges, "Um Sistema Óptico de Reconhecimento de Trajetórias para Veículos Automáticos", Copele, DEE/UFPB, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, 1998 (in portuguese). Advisor: Antonio Marcus Nogueira Lima (PDF)
  2. G. A. Borges, A. M. N. Lima and G. S. Deep, "Characterization of a Trajectory Recognition Optical Sensor for an Automated Guided Vehicle", in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 49, n. 04, pp. 813-819, august 2000.
  3. G. A. Borges, A. M. N. Lima and G. S. Deep, "Characterization of a Neural Network-Based Trajectory Recognition Optical Sensor for an Autonomous Vehicle". In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Instrumentation and Measurement (IMTC), may 18-20, Minessota, USA, 1998. (PDF)