Mobile robot with following function and autonomous return function

Abstract

This paper proposes the mobile robot consisted of following function and returning function with monocular camera. In the following function, the robot follows the target object such as the person who walks in front of robot, and moves until reaching his destination. To follow him, the region extraction method is applied. Furthermore, the robot records the moving route. In the returning function, the robot moves by tracing the recorded route. We developed the mobile robot based on the electronic wheelchair and carried out several experiments. As the result, we confirm that our robot moves both following mode and returning mode adequate accuracy.