Playing with a Robot: Realization of "Red Light, Green Light" Using a Laser Range Finder

Sakai, Keisuke; Hiroi, Yutaka; Ito, Akinori

doi:10.1109/rvsp.2015.9

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“…Figure 14 shows the robot system used in the experiment. The mobile robot is the same as that used in the previous work [9]. Table 1 shows the specifications of the mobile robot, and Table 2 shows those of the LRF installed on the robot.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The "Darumasan ga koronda" game First, we briefly introduce the game and define the rules of the game [9,18]. Darumasan ga koronda is a Japanese game that is similar to Red light, green light or Statues as played by children in the United States or the United Kingdom.…”

Section: The Game and The Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We have developed a system to achieve the abovementioned tasks. The details of the calculation of motion (item C, for "out" judgment) were described in our previous paper [9]. We first describe the algorithm briefly.…”

Section: Person Detection Using a Laser Range Findermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We have developed a robot that plays the Darumasan ga koronda game with children [9,10]. Darumasan ga koronda is a Japanese children's traditional game.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our final goal is to develop a robot that plays Darumasan ga koronda, acting in the two roles mentioned above, with children. In the previous work, we have developed methods for realizing a robot that plays the game as "it", tracking the players' movements and determining whether a player is moving when the player should freeze [9]. We applied a human detection based on a laser range finder (LRF) for a human-following method [17] to track the players [10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Multiple player detection and tracking method using a laser range finder for a robot that plays with human

2018

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We are developing a robot that can play an outdoor game with children. In realizing such a robot, the person detection and tracking methods play an important role. In this paper, we propose methods for improving person detection and tracking using a laser range finder (LRF). A problem facing player detection using an LRF during play is that detection of a player's body sometimes fails because of the posture of the player. Thus, we propose two improvements of the conventional person detection algorithm. One is to determine the body boundary when an arm overlaps the body, and the other is to choose the most probable object as the body among the detected objects. Another problem is how to track players who are hidden by other players. We introduce a new algorithm to robustly track a player even when the player is behind other players. We conducted three experiments. In the first experiment, we investigate the performance improvement by the proposed player detection algorithm. The second experiment proves that the proposed player-tracking algorithm can robustly track a player even after the LRF has lost that player. In the last experiment, we conduct the game Darumasan ga Koronda using the developed system and confirm that the system can perform the game without large problems.

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Section: The Game and The Previous Workmentioning

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Section: Person Detection Using a Laser Range Findermentioning

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“…We have developed a robot that plays the Darumasan ga koronda game with children [9,10]. Darumasan ga koronda is a Japanese children's traditional game.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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