Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 10, 101203(2019)

Precise Positioning Technology for Automatic Guided Vehicles Based on SURF Algorithm

Xuesong Gao1,2、*, Yuhao Li1,2, Liqiang Zhang1, and Zhihua Chen1,2
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  • 1 School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
  • 2 Shanghai Top Numerical Control Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201111, China
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    A precise positioning technique is proposed based on the speeded up robust features (SURF) algorithm. By identifying the quick response (QR) code laid on the ground, this technique is used to complete positioning prediction and attitude correction. First, the acquired QR image is preprocessed, and the feature point information of the image is extracted by the SURF algorithm. The feature points of both the real-time image and the target image are then matched, and the transformation matrix between these two images is obtained by least square fitting. Finally, the transformation matrix is combined with the visual guidance model of the automatic guided vehicle (AGV), and the precise positioning of the AGV is realized. The experimental results show that for a heavy-duty AGV with a large structural size, the proposed method has robust positioning with a precision of ±1 mm.

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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

    Received: Nov. 9, 2018

    Accepted: Dec. 20, 2018

    Published Online: Jul. 4, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.101203

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