People Detection and Tracking Using LIDAR Sensors

Autor: Claudia Álvarez-Aparicio, Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lera, Jonatan Ginés Clavero, Francisco Martín Rico, Vicente Matellán
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Zdroj: Robotics, Vol 8, Iss 3, p 75 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2218-6581
DOI: 10.3390/robotics8030075
Popis: The tracking of people is an indispensable capacity in almost any robotic application. A relevant case is the @home robotic competitions, where the service robots have to demonstrate that they possess certain skills that allow them to interact with the environment and the people who occupy it; for example, receiving the people who knock at the door and attending them as appropriate. Many of these skills are based on the ability to detect and track a person. It is a challenging problem, particularly when implemented using low-definition sensors, such as Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensors, in environments where there are several people interacting. This work describes a solution based on a single LIDAR sensor to maintain a continuous identification of a person in time and space. The system described is based on the People Tracker package, aka PeTra, which uses a convolutional neural network to identify person legs in complex environments. A new feature has been included within the system to correlate over time the people location estimates by using a Kalman filter. To validate the solution, a set of experiments have been carried out in a test environment certified by the European Robotic League.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals