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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 31-48Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0278364904048962
Keywords
learning activity models; trajectory clustering; machine learning; mobile robot navigation; human robot interaction
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Whenever people move through their environments they do move randomly. Instead the usually follow specific trajectories or motion patterns corresponding to their intentions. Knowledge about such patterns enables a mobile robot to robustly keep track of persons in its enironment and to improve its behavior. In this paper we propose a technique for learning collections of trajectories that characterize typical motion patterns of persons. Data recorded with laser-range finders are clustered using the expectation maximization algorithin. Based on the result of the clustering process, we derive a hidden Markov model that is applied to estimate the current and future positions of persons based on sensory input. We also describe how to incorporate the probabilistic belief about the potential trajectories of persons into the path planning process of a mobile robot. We present several experiments carried out in different environments with a mobile robot equipped with a laser-range scanner and a camera system. The results demonstrate that our approach can reliably learn motion patterns of persons, can robustly estimate and predict positions of persons. and can be used to improve the navigation behavior of a mobile robot.
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