TY - GEN
T1 - Towards flow-sensing robots
T2 - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011
AU - Visentin, F.
AU - Fiazza, M. C.
AU - Akanyeti, O.
AU - Venturelli, R.
AU - Fiorini, P.
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Fluid environments can be monitored experimentally through Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), whereas recent technological developments allow endowing underwater robots with flow-sensing capabilities. This combination opens the way to designing for context-aware robot navigation. However, such innovation demands that flow analysis be carried out from a situated perspective, rather than from the traditional bird's eye view. In this context, we present a PIV post-processing toolbox developed with the intention of bringing the observation point into the flow - to support exploring the sensing picture in a given flow environment, as well as characterizing the flow regime. In order to show how the toolbox can address questions emerging from a situated perspective, we present a case-study in regime-specific feature extraction.
AB - Fluid environments can be monitored experimentally through Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), whereas recent technological developments allow endowing underwater robots with flow-sensing capabilities. This combination opens the way to designing for context-aware robot navigation. However, such innovation demands that flow analysis be carried out from a situated perspective, rather than from the traditional bird's eye view. In this context, we present a PIV post-processing toolbox developed with the intention of bringing the observation point into the flow - to support exploring the sensing picture in a given flow environment, as well as characterizing the flow regime. In order to show how the toolbox can address questions emerging from a situated perspective, we present a case-study in regime-specific feature extraction.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84255162962&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICAR.2011.6088624
DO - 10.1109/ICAR.2011.6088624
M3 - Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
AN - SCOPUS:84255162962
SN - 9781457711589
T3 - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011
SP - 606
EP - 612
BT - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics
Y2 - 20 June 2011 through 23 June 2011
ER -