Vision-Guided Autonomous Forklift

摘要

This paper tackles the problem of integrating Visual Servoing Control (VSC) into the functionalities of an Articulated-Frame-Steering (AFS) hydraulic forklift. The controller is capable of breaking down high-level messages into piecewise commands for the different software modules of the vehicle. It also preserves seamless cooperation of the modules for a successful pallet-picking mission. The proposed architecture has been verified on a real machine. Videos of the test runs are available on YouTube.