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JRM Vol.35 No.6 pp. 1419-1434
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2023.p1419
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Practical Implementation of Visual Navigation Based on Semantic Segmentation for Human-Centric Environments

Miho Adachi* ORCID Icon, Kazufumi Honda*, Junfeng Xue*, Hiroaki Sudo*, Yuriko Ueda*, Yuki Yuda*, Marin Wada*, and Ryusuke Miyamoto** ORCID Icon

*Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan

**Department of Computer Science, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan

Received:
May 20, 2023
Accepted:
October 11, 2023
Published:
December 20, 2023
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Keywords:
visual navigation, semantic segmentation, Virtual LiDAR, road following, obstacle avoidance
Abstract

This study focuses on visual navigation methods for autonomous mobile robots based on semantic segmentation results. The challenge is to perform the expected actions without being affected by the presence of pedestrians. Therefore, we implemented a semantics-based localization method that is not affected by dynamic obstacles and a direction change method at intersections that functions even with coarse-grain localization results. The proposed method was evaluated through driving experiments in the Tsukuba Challenge 2022, where a 290 m run including 10 intersections was achieved in the confirmation run section.

Visual navigation based on semantic segmentation

Visual navigation based on semantic segmentation

Cite this article as:
M. Adachi, K. Honda, J. Xue, H. Sudo, Y. Ueda, Y. Yuda, M. Wada, and R. Miyamoto, “Practical Implementation of Visual Navigation Based on Semantic Segmentation for Human-Centric Environments,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.35 No.6, pp. 1419-1434, 2023.
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