Inti: Indoor Tracking with Solar Cells

Solar cells are mainly used as power sources, but can be used for sensing as well. We propose a novel indoor system that exploits solar cells to track people by monitoring the changes in light intensity caused by their shadows and reflections as they walk by. Our framework has three main components. First, we develop a simulator based on a...

Indoor Multi-Target Tracking with Solar Cells

Solar cells are usually used as power source, but can be used for sensing as well. We propose a novel indoor tracking system that tracks people by using the change in output caused by their shadows. First, we develop a simulator to determine how the solar cells should be positioned in the tracking environment to get the best detection rate. This...

Environment Observation Module for the Deci Zebro: Obstacle and Motion Detection using a Laser Rangefinder and Optical Flow

A Camera Submodule for the Environment Observation Module for a Zebro robot was designed. It is able to collect and process data about obstacles on a Raspberry Pi and send this to the main processor of the Environment Observation module using UART. <br/>The two main functions that were implemented are a laser rangefinder based on triangulation...