Laser-Based Side-by-Side Following for Human-Following Robots
Hanchen Yao,Houde Dai,Enhao Zhao,Penghua Liu,Ran Zhao,Hanchen Yao,Houde Dai,Enhao Zhao,Penghua Liu,Ran Zhao
A mobile robot that follows behind humans in structured environments has to face the challenge of full occlusion caused by the walls when the target person makes a turn at the corridor intersections. This may result in short-term, even a permanent loss of the target from the field of view of the Human-Following Robots (HFRs). Concerning this issue, a novel side-by-side following method for HFRs is...