Three-Dimensional Outdoor Analysis of Single Synthetic Building Structures by an Unmanned Flying Agent Using Monocular Vision

An algorithm designed for analysis and understanding a 3D urban-type environment by an autonomous flying agent, equipped only with a monocular vision, is presented. The algorithm is hierarchical and is based on the structural representation of the analyzed scene. Firstly, the robot observes the scen...

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Main Authors: Andrzej Bielecki, Piotr Śmigielski
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/21/7270
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description An algorithm designed for analysis and understanding a 3D urban-type environment by an autonomous flying agent, equipped only with a monocular vision, is presented. The algorithm is hierarchical and is based on the structural representation of the analyzed scene. Firstly, the robot observes the scene from a high altitude to build a 2D representation of a single object and a graph representation of the 2D scene. The 3D representation of each object arises as a consequence of the robot’s actions, as a result of which it projects the object’s solid on different planes. The robot assigns the obtained representations to the corresponding vertex of the created graph. The algorithm was tested by using the embodied robot operating on the real scene. The tests showed that the robot equipped with the algorithm was able not only to localize the predefined object, but also to perform safe, collision-free maneuvers close to the structures in the scene.
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spelling doaj.art-4b426b7d91b845f3b438b6bf0b6cd0732023-11-22T21:39:07ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-11-012121727010.3390/s21217270Three-Dimensional Outdoor Analysis of Single Synthetic Building Structures by an Unmanned Flying Agent Using Monocular VisionAndrzej Bielecki0Piotr Śmigielski1Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pedagogical University in Kraków, Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków, PolandHumtap Inc., Sarego Street 26/16, 31-047 Kraków, PolandAn algorithm designed for analysis and understanding a 3D urban-type environment by an autonomous flying agent, equipped only with a monocular vision, is presented. The algorithm is hierarchical and is based on the structural representation of the analyzed scene. Firstly, the robot observes the scene from a high altitude to build a 2D representation of a single object and a graph representation of the 2D scene. The 3D representation of each object arises as a consequence of the robot’s actions, as a result of which it projects the object’s solid on different planes. The robot assigns the obtained representations to the corresponding vertex of the created graph. The algorithm was tested by using the embodied robot operating on the real scene. The tests showed that the robot equipped with the algorithm was able not only to localize the predefined object, but also to perform safe, collision-free maneuvers close to the structures in the scene.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/21/7270autonomous flying agentsurban-type scene3D scene representationscene analysis
spellingShingle Andrzej Bielecki
Piotr Śmigielski
Three-Dimensional Outdoor Analysis of Single Synthetic Building Structures by an Unmanned Flying Agent Using Monocular Vision
Sensors
autonomous flying agents
urban-type scene
3D scene representation
scene analysis
title Three-Dimensional Outdoor Analysis of Single Synthetic Building Structures by an Unmanned Flying Agent Using Monocular Vision
title_full Three-Dimensional Outdoor Analysis of Single Synthetic Building Structures by an Unmanned Flying Agent Using Monocular Vision
title_fullStr Three-Dimensional Outdoor Analysis of Single Synthetic Building Structures by an Unmanned Flying Agent Using Monocular Vision
title_full_unstemmed Three-Dimensional Outdoor Analysis of Single Synthetic Building Structures by an Unmanned Flying Agent Using Monocular Vision
title_short Three-Dimensional Outdoor Analysis of Single Synthetic Building Structures by an Unmanned Flying Agent Using Monocular Vision
title_sort three dimensional outdoor analysis of single synthetic building structures by an unmanned flying agent using monocular vision
topic autonomous flying agents
urban-type scene
3D scene representation
scene analysis
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/21/7270
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