Having accurate knowledge of the positions of people around a robot provides rich,
objective and quantitative data that can be highly useful for a wide range of tasks, including …

In recent past the need for ubiquitous people identification has increased with the
proliferation of humanrobot interaction systems. In this paper we propose a methodology of …

Tracking people has many applications, such as security or safe use of robots. Many
onboard systems are based on Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensors …

The constant growth of the population with mobility impairments has led to the development
of several gait assistance devices. Among these, smart walkers have emerged to provide …

The robot behavior strategy is considered as a crucial part in the human-following task to
help the robot maintain an appropriate distance and orientation to the selected target person …

In this paper, we propose a gait recognition method for service robots to conduct human
following tasks. A walking sequence segmentation method is designed to extract the …

The robotics community continually strives to create robots that are deployable in real-world
environments. Often, robots are expected to interact with human groups. To achieve this …

The tracking of people is an indispensable capacity in almost any robotic application. A
relevant case is the@ home robotic competitions, where the service robots have to …

Reliable human following is one of the key capabilities of service and personal assisting
robots. This paper presents a novel person tracking and following approach for autonomous …

The paper presents a human-following algorithm for an autonomous mobile robot, which is
equipped with a 2D laser rangefinder (LRF) and a monocular camera. As a rule, quality of a …