System Overview

Electronics on the Segway RMP

Laser data and robot pose data are sent to the remote laptop computer via wireless network and map-building and avoidance/negotiation process are visualized in the laptop computer in real-time.

Urban Obstacle Negotiation (UON)

1. Synthetic urban environment A

(a) Segway RMP UON video

(b) Remote visualization (elevation map)

(c) Remote visualization (traversability map)

2. Synthetic urban environment B

(a) Segway RMP UON video

(b) Remote visualization (elevation map)

(c) Remote visualization (traversability map)

Indoor Obstacle Avoidance

1. At UM's Mobile Robotics Lab

(a) Obstacle avoidance: video 1         

(b) Remote visualization (3D map): video 1

(c) Obstacle avoidance: video 2          

(d) Remote visualization (3D map): video 2

2. In the University's Video Studio

(a) Obstacle avoidance: video          

(b) Remote visualization (elevation map)