As a part of the RoboAI Research Center’s RoboFleet project, this was the third part of
the RoboDog project where a full 360-degree video feed would be wirelessly
transmitted from a mobile robot to VR-glasses. The VR video feed is meant to be used
when the robot is driven in dangerous areas during production.
In industrial environments, it is sometimes necessary to check production lines during production to ensure continuous and trouble-free production. If the area is dangerous to people during production, it needs to be stopped for check duration. To get rid of needless pauses in production, instead of sending a person to check on the production, a robot could do it instead. The goal for the project was to create a system that could send a full 360-degree video from a mobile robot to VR-glasses wirelessly.
robot dog.
The Modular Video System
The student team studied imaging systems and wireless video transfer after which work on the system started. The created system can be seen mounted on the Go2 robot dog in figure 1. The setup consists of an Insta360 X4 -camera, Raspberry Pi 5 with 8 GB RAM, 20000 mAh power bank to power it all, and a club3D active USB hub to distribute connections. The holders in the setup were designed with modularity in mind so it can be easily modified and rearranged. In the project, the holders were mainly designed to be used with the Go2 robot dog, but due to its modular design it can be used with practically any robot with specific attachment rails.
Seeing Safely Remotely
The project group created a system that can be used and configured completely remotely. The system can send near real-time video feed straight to VR-glasses and practically any device capable of running a browser. This was demonstrated with a laptop seen in figure 2. With the system users can get a clear 360-degree live feed of the center of production while within the safety of an office. The project and the quality of the demo system received very positive feedback from RoboFleet project’s personnel.
Watch a showcase video of the project:
The RoboFleet project is RoboAI Research Center’s project in collaboration with Centria University of Applied Sciences, that researches and discovers ways to improve the competitiveness of companies and increase production efficiency through the application of fleet-intelligent mobile robotics and the latest body-supporting exoskeletons. The Regional Council of Satakunta has granted partial funding for the project under the Act on the Financing of Regional Development and European Union Regional and Structural Policy Projects (757/2021). The project measures fall within the scope of the European Union's Just Transition Fund (JTF) regulations.
More information about this and other RoboAI Academy projects:
Chief Researcher and Principal Lecturer
Mirka Leino
tel. 044 710 3182
mirka.leino@samk.fi
Researcher and Lecturer
Janika Tommiska
tel. 044 710 6332
janika.tommiska@samk.fi
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