Paper:
Language: English:

Neural Network Vision-Guided Mobile Robot for Retrieving Driving-Range Golf Balls

Elmer P. Dadios^, Kaoru Hirota^, Michelle L. Catigum^, Albert C. Gutierrez^**, Danison R. Rodrigo^, Christopher Allan G. San Juan^, and Jeffrey T. Tan^**

^Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, De La Salle University, Manila 1004, Philippines
^Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G3-49, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
^ROHM LSI Design Philippines Inc.
^**Accenture Philippines
^*Intel Technology Philippines Inc.
^****Lexmark R&D Corp. Philippines

Received: January 8, 2005

Accepted: August 25, 2005

Keywords: neural network vision, autonomous mobile robot, driving-range golf ball retrieval robot

Journal ref: Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Vol.10, No.2 pp. 181-186, 2006

Abstract

We developed an autonomous mobile robot with neural network (NN) vision that searches for and collects golf balls on an open or an indoor golf driving range. The robot recognizes range borderlines by red stripes. Scattered golf balls are collected using mechanically designed rotating blades. The NN vision identifies objects that are not golf balls and prevents the robot from picking them. The vision system is robust enough to navigate an open field and pick up the golf balls any time of day. Results of the experiments showed that our proposal operates accurately and reliably.

[Notice]
* "Preview" is the first 2 pages of the article. You don't need the registration.
* To read the PDF file you will then need to download and install the Adobe Reader.
Adobe Reader is free and available for download here: