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Autonomous Exploration inside Dark Tunnels

Posted by Kostas Alexis on October 26, 2017 at 7:30pm
Dear community,

In these two videos you will see some recent results on autonomous exploration of tunnels in visually-degraded (dark) conditions. Both localization and mapping, as well as path planning and control are handled completely autonomously. 

Best,

Kostas

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  • Ed November 7, 2017 at 5:26am
    Could I bother you for a BOM ? I am very interested in mapping large areas outside in fields. This looks like the application that would fit my need. Thank you
  • Kostas Alexis November 6, 2017 at 10:16pm

    Dear Ed. Although we are currently not working on a commercial product, I can tell you that all the components here are low-cost. They are cameras, LEDs, IMUs, embedded electronics (custom-built) and the only thing that increases the price is the addition of Time-of-flight cameras. 

  • Ed November 6, 2017 at 4:19pm
    Very nice. Are there any plans to make a reasonably priced unit for the general population?
  • Kostas Alexis October 29, 2017 at 9:14pm

    One of our main application scenarios relates to nuclear site decommissioning support. Others also are considered. 

  • HeliStorm October 28, 2017 at 6:35pm
    It would be interesting to see application scenarios for inspection and search and rescue.
  • Andrea Belloni October 28, 2017 at 12:24am

    Thanks for info Kostas

  • Kostas Alexis October 27, 2017 at 4:08pm

    Hi Andrea,

    Thanks for your interest. Most of the work is either published ( http://www.autonomousrobotslab.com/publications.html ) or under review etc. Still however, this talk covers a significant part of the technology: https://youtu.be/4ko2K6jFwaU 

    And of course there are some many other groups and researchers to follow that work in these domains. 

    Best,

    Kostas

  • Andrea Belloni October 27, 2017 at 2:52am

    Awesome works!

    Can we have some links to technical documentation, schematic diagram of hardware and software used and the like?

    Ciao

    Andrea

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