Generation of Virtual Environments Using a Mobile Terrestrial Robot
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https://doi.org/10.47187/perspectivas.8.2.262Keywords:
Virtual Environments, Mobile Terrestrial Robot, Terrain Reconstruction, Computer VisionAbstract
This work addresses the generation of virtual environments based on data obtained by a mobile ground robot. The system uses a Raspberry Pi equipped with an 8-megapixel V2 camera and an MPU6050 inertial sensor (IMU) to record the route and environmental conditions. With this information, a processing methodology is proposed that allows the terrain traveled to be virtually reconstructed, showing changes recorded by the accelerometer and camera in real time. In addition, it proposes the creation of a custom database to facilitate the preparation and training of the system for future routes.
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