Mobile Robot Orbit Photography Without Circling Center Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current control methods for mobile robots, such as UAVs, require cumbersome operations to orbit around a target object, posing safety risks due to potential dangers and interference during movement.
Innovation Solution
A control method and apparatus that utilize position information from a reference image obtained by a robotic photographic apparatus to determine the target object's position, allowing the robot to move around it without needing to record a circling center, thereby simplifying the movement and enhancing operational safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the mobile robot is instructed to fly to a preset position and circle around the target object using a recorded circling center, then the robot can perform orbit photography, but the operation process becomes cumbersome and safety risks increase due to potential dangers during movement to the circling center
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile robot autonomously identifies the target object using its photographic apparatus and automatically determines the circling center based on the captured image data, eliminating the need for manual intervention to record the circling center position. The robot performs orbit photography by autonomously navigating around the identified target object without requiring pre-recorded center coordinates, thereby simplifying the operation process and reducing safety risks associated with manual positioning.
2Productivity
If the mobile robot moves to a recorded GPS position of the circling center before orbiting, then the orbit photography can be executed, but the movement process exposes the robot to potential dangers and interference
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile robot captures a reference image of the target object and processes this image data in advance to determine the circling center position before initiating the orbit photography sequence. By pre-processing the visual information and calculating the optimal circling path based on the captured image, the robot establishes a safe orbit trajectory that avoids potential hazards, thereby enabling productive orbit photography while minimizing exposure to dangerous areas.
3Measurement precision
If the user manually records the GPS position of the circling center through a control terminal, then the orbit path can be defined, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the manual mechanical process of recording GPS coordinates through a control terminal with an automated computer vision-based approach. The photographic apparatus captures the target object, and the onboard processor automatically extracts the target's position and calculates the optimal circling center from the image data, eliminating the need for manual GPS coordinate input and significantly reducing operation time while maintaining or improving position accuracy.
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AI summary
A control method for a mobile robot includes: obtaining indication information of a target object, wherein the indication information includes position information of the target object in a reference image output by a photographic apparatus of a mobile robot; determining the position information of the target object according to the indication information; and controlling, according to the position information of the target object, the mobile robot to move around the target object. With the provided control methods and apparatuses, devices, and storage media, the mobile robot may move around the target object without needing to move to a circling center to record a position of the circling center.