Shape Measurement of a Sewer Pipe Using a Mobile Robot with Computer Vision

A mobile robot equipped with two lasers and a CCD camera for pipe inspection is proposed. Circular laser streaks that appeared on the inner surface of the pipe reveal the shape of the pipe. The 3D shape of a sewer pipe can be reconstructed considering the movement of the mobile robot along the pipe....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kikuhito Kawasue, Takayuki Komatsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/55261