Teaching and implementing autonomous robotic lab walkthroughs in a biotech laboratory through model-based visual tracking

Martin Wojtczyk; Giorgio Panin; Thorsten Röder; Claus Lenz; Suraj Nair; Rüdiger Heidemann; Chetan Goudar; Alois Knoll

doi:10.1117/12.839144

18 January 2010 Teaching and implementing autonomous robotic lab walkthroughs in a biotech laboratory through model-based visual tracking

Martin Wojtczyk, Giorgio Panin, Thorsten Röder, Claus Lenz, Suraj Nair, Rüdiger Heidemann, Chetan Goudar, Alois Knoll

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Proceedings Volume 7539, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXVII: Algorithms and Techniques; 75390A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839144
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2010, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

After utilizing robots for more than 30 years for classic industrial automation applications, service robots form a constantly increasing market, although the big breakthrough is still awaited. Our approach to service robots was driven by the idea of supporting lab personnel in a biotechnology laboratory. After initial development in Germany, a mobile robot platform extended with an industrial manipulator and the necessary sensors for indoor localization and object manipulation, has been shipped to Bayer HealthCare in Berkeley, CA, USA, a global player in the sector of biopharmaceutical products, located in the San Francisco bay area. The determined goal of the mobile manipulator is to support the off-shift staff to carry out completely autonomous or guided, remote controlled lab walkthroughs, which we implement utilizing a recent development of our computer vision group: OpenTL - an integrated framework for model-based visual tracking.

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Martin Wojtczyk, Giorgio Panin, Thorsten Röder, Claus Lenz, Suraj Nair, Rüdiger Heidemann, Chetan Goudar, and Alois Knoll "Teaching and implementing autonomous robotic lab walkthroughs in a biotech laboratory through model-based visual tracking", Proc. SPIE 7539, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXVII: Algorithms and Techniques, 75390A (18 January 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839144

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