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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

A Machine Learning Approach to Robot Localization Using Fiducial Markers in RobotAtFactory 4.0 Competition.

Luan C Klein, João Braun, João Mendes, Vítor H Pinto, Felipe N Martins, Andre Schneider de Oliveira, Heinrich Wörtche, Paulo Costa, José Lima

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Luan C KleinDepartment of Electronics (DAELN), Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba 80230-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6306-574X
João BraunResearch Center in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0276-4314
João MendesResearch Center in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0979-8314
Vítor H PintoFaculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP), Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7840-0333
Felipe N MartinsSensors and Smart Systems Group, Institute of Engineering, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, 9747 AS Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1032-6162
Andre Schneider de OliveiraDepartment of Electronics (DAELN), Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba 80230-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8295-366X
Heinrich WörtcheSensors and Smart Systems Group, Institute of Engineering, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, 9747 AS Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2263-0495
Paulo CostaFaculty of Engineering, University of Porto (FEUP), Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4846-271X
José LimaResearch Center in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7902-1207

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia LA/P/0007/2021)Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/05757/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDP/05757/2020La Caixa LCF/BQ/DI20/11780028
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Abstract

Localization is a crucial skill in mobile robotics because the robot needs to make reasonable navigation decisions to complete its mission. Many approaches exist to implement localization, but artificial intelligence can be an interesting alternative to traditional localization techniques based on model calculations. This work proposes a machine learning approach to solve the localization problem in the RobotAtFactory 4.0 competition. The idea is to obtain the relative pose of an onboard camera with respect to fiducial markers (ArUcos) and then estimate the robot pose with machine learning. The approaches were validated in a simulation. Several algorithms were tested, and the best results were obtained by using Random Forest Regressor, with an error on the millimeter scale. The proposed solution presents results as high as the analytical approach for solving the localization problem in the RobotAtFactory 4.0 scenario, with the advantage of not requiring explicit knowledge of the exact positions of the fiducial markers, as in the analytical approach.

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fiducial markersindoor localizationIndustry 4.0machine learningrobotics competitions

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PMID36991840
PMCPMC10054436

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