异构低能耗的跟随机器人系统设计

Design of Heterogeneous and Low-Power Following Robot System

服务机器人在单任务模式下适用领域较小,智能化程度较低。而在多任务情况下,服务机器人的算力成本较高,导致能耗大幅提升,缩短了续航时间。针对上述问题,文中设计了一种基于ROS平台的低功耗、多任务跟随机器人系统,并使该系统能够在定点巡航和视觉跟随两种任务下实现智能切换。在硬件方面,通过构建低能耗的异构计算平台来保证在输出同等算力的同时降低能耗。在软件方面,根据异构计算平台的性质,设计了跟随机器人系统的算法框架。机器人系统中各模块状态切换采用基于马尔可夫链的状态转移控制方法来实现。实验结果表明,文中提出的机器人系统能够降低能耗75%,在功能上能够实现定点巡航与视觉跟随的实时切换。

In the single-task mode,the service robot has a small application field and a low degree of intelligence.In the case of multitasking,the computing power cost of service robots is high,which leads to a significant increase in energy consumption and shortens the battery life.In view of the above problems,a low-power,multitask follow-up robot system based on the ROS platform is designed in this study,and the system can realize intelligent switching under two tasks of fixed-point cruise and visual follow-up.In terms of hardware,a low-energy heterogeneous computing platform is established to ensure that the same computing power is output while reducing energy consumption.In terms of software,according to the nature of the heterogeneous computing platform,the algorithm framework of the follow-up robot system is designed.The robot system uses the state transition control method based on Markov chain to realize the state switching of each module.The experimental results show that the proposed robot system can reduce energy consumption by 75%,and can realize the real-time switching between fixed-point cruise and target following in function.