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Evaluation of Computer Vision Algorithms for Autonomous Navigation in Polar Terrains

Nicolas Vandapel, Raja Chatila, Stewart Moorehead, Simon Lacroix, Dimitrios (Dimi) Apostolopoulos, and William (Red) L. Whittaker
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 6th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS '00), pp. 1057 - 1064, September, 2000

Abstract

In this paper we address the issue of Computer Vision in Antarctica for robot navigation by analysing images collected at Patriot Hills, Antarctica in the Fall of 1998. Conditions produced by polar weather and terrain are unique and challenging for perception equipment and computer vision algorithms. The later aspect will be studied here through the evaluation of a colour segmentation algorithm, a stereovision algorithm and a feature points detector and tracker algorithm.

BibTeX

@conference{Vandapel-2000-16743,
author = {Nicolas Vandapel and Raja Chatila and Stewart Moorehead and Simon Lacroix and Dimitrios (Dimi) Apostolopoulos and William (Red) L. Whittaker},
title = {Evaluation of Computer Vision Algorithms for Autonomous Navigation in Polar Terrains},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 6th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS '00)},
year = {2000},
month = {September},
pages = {1057 - 1064},
keywords = {computer vision, autonomous navigation, polar terrain},
}