Legged locomotion robot
First Claim
1. A legged locomotion robot, which is equipped with a camera for capturing surroundings including a floor ahead in a traveling direction of the robot and which moves while estimating a shape of the floor based on an image captured by the camera, comprising:
- a predetermined landing position setting means which sets predetermined landing positions of a plurality of steps of legs of the robot on a present assumed floor which is the floor represented by floor shape information used for a current motion control of the robot during a movement of the robot;
an image projection area setting means which sets a flat image projection area to be projected on the image captured by the camera in a vicinity of each of the set predetermined landing positions therefor; and
a floor shape estimation means which estimates shape parameters representing the shape of an actual floor partial area, which is an actual floor captured within each partial image area, for each partial image area on a basis of the image of the partial image area generated by projecting the each set image projection area on the image captured by the camera.
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Abstract
A robot capable of performing appropriate movement control while reducing arithmetic processing for recognizing the shape of a floor. The robot sets a predetermined landing position of steps of the legs on a present assumed floor, which is a floor represented by floor shape information used for a current motion control of the robot, during movement of the robot. An image projection area is set, and is projected on each image captured by cameras mounted on the robot for each predetermined landing position in the vicinity of each of the predetermined landing positions. Shape parameters representing the shape of an actual floor partial area are estimated, forming an actual floor whose image is captured in each partial image area, based on the image of the partial image area generated by projecting the set image projection area on the images captured by the cameras for each partial image area.
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1. A legged locomotion robot, which is equipped with a camera for capturing surroundings including a floor ahead in a traveling direction of the robot and which moves while estimating a shape of the floor based on an image captured by the camera, comprising:
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a predetermined landing position setting means which sets predetermined landing positions of a plurality of steps of legs of the robot on a present assumed floor which is the floor represented by floor shape information used for a current motion control of the robot during a movement of the robot; an image projection area setting means which sets a flat image projection area to be projected on the image captured by the camera in a vicinity of each of the set predetermined landing positions therefor; and a floor shape estimation means which estimates shape parameters representing the shape of an actual floor partial area, which is an actual floor captured within each partial image area, for each partial image area on a basis of the image of the partial image area generated by projecting the each set image projection area on the image captured by the camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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